Verbal Definition Antecedent Behavior Consequence Operant (Sd) (Response) (Consequence) Mand A request for an item, Motivative Verbal Direct for an action or for Operation Behavior Reinforcement information (Wants cookie) (Says cookie) (Gets cookie) Tact Sensory Stimuli Verbal Non-Specific A label (Sees or smells Behavior Reinforcement cookie) (Says cookie) (Gets praise i.e.) Intraverbal Answering Questions, Verbal Stimulus Verbal Non-Specific Fill-In, Conversation (Someone says, Behavior Reinforcement (No visuals) What’s (Says cookie) (Gets praise, i.e.) something you eat?) Echoic Verbal Stimulus Verbal Non-Specific Vocal Imitation (Someone says Behavior Reinforcement cookie) (Repeats all or (Gets praise, i.e.) part of the antecedent (Says cookie)
Verbal Operant Definition Antecedent (Sd) Behavior (Response) Consequence (Consequence) Mand A request for an item, for an action or for information Motivative Operation (Wants cookie) Verbal Behavior (Says cookie) Direct Reinforcement (Gets cookie) Tact A label Sensory Stimuli (Sees or smells cookie) Verbal Behavior (Says cookie) Non-Specific Reinforcement (Gets praise i.e.) Intraverbal Answering Questions, Fill-In, Conversation (No visuals) Verbal Stimulus (Someone says, What’s something you eat?) Verbal Behavior (Says cookie) Non-Specific Reinforcement (Gets praise, i.e.) Echoic Vocal Imitation Verbal Stimulus (Someone says cookie) Verbal Behavior (Repeats all or part of the antecedent (Says cookie) Non-Specific Reinforcement (Gets praise, i.e.)
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