Applied Behavior Analysis
Helping children with autism
 

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Verbal Behavior

In 1957 Skinner wrote the book Verbal behavior.  The verbal operants are the mand, echoic, textual, transcription, tact, and the intraverbal.  Verbal behavior programs for children with autism focus on these verbal operants within the child's ABA program. 

Skinner's verbal behavior has been critiqued heavily by Noam Chompsky.

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What type of verbal operant occurs when a speaker repeats the verbal behavior of another speaker?

Answer is on page 531 chh

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