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

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
B. F. Skinner
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