|An Introduction to Verbal Behavior was written by Dr. Norman
Peterson, the Director of Operations at the Foundation for
Behavioral Resources. Dr. Peterson holds Ph.D. in Psychology
from Western Michigan University, where he was one of the first
graduates of that department’s doctoral program in Behavior
Analysis. Prior to his work at the Foundation, Dr. Peterson also
served as a faculty member at Western Michigan University and as
a senior HR Consultant at Consumers Energy. Target Audience and
Difficulty Level This tutorial is of an intermediate level of
difficulty, but was written and designed for a broad audience.
It is hoped that anyone from undergraduate students in
psychology and related disciplines to doctoral-level
psychologists, behavior analysts, and scholars will find the
material accessible, engaging, and relevant. Upon completing
this tutorial you should be able to: - Identify definitions and
examples of key theoretical concepts in Skinner’s analysis of
human language (including verbal behavior,