Verbal Behavior
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Verbal Behavior is B. F. Skinner’s influential book that applies the principles of behaviorism to the analysis and explanation of human language.
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| instanceOf |
book
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| associatedWithConcept |
environmental control of verbal behavior
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functional analysis of language → operant analysis of speech → reinforcement of verbal responses → stimulus control in language → |
| author |
B. F. Skinner
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Burrhus Frederic Skinner → |
| basedOn |
operant conditioning
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| criticizedBy |
Noam Chomsky
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| describes |
contingencies maintaining verbal behavior
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multiple control of verbal responses → role of listener in verbal episodes → |
| field |
applied behavior analysis
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experimental analysis of behavior → |
| focusesOn |
functional relations between language and environment
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observable verbal behavior → |
| genre |
behaviorist work
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linguistics-related work → psychology book → |
| hasImpactOn |
behavior-analytic verbal behavior research
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behavioral language assessment → curricula for teaching language to children with autism → |
| influenced |
applied behavior analysis of language
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behavior analytic language interventions → behavioral approaches to autism treatment → verbal behavior therapy → |
| influencedBy |
experimental analysis of behavior
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operant conditioning research → |
| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
behaviorism
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language → learning theory → verbal behavior → |
| proposesConcept |
autoclitic
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echoic → intraverbal → mand → tact → textual behavior → verbal operant → |
| publicationYear |
1957
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| publisher |
Appleton-Century-Crofts
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| rejects |
mentalistic explanations of language
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| subjectOf |
Noam Chomsky’s 1959 review
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| theoreticalFramework |
radical behaviorism
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B. F. Skinner
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