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Context and Meaning in Acts of Translation and Interpretation
Context and Meaning in Acts of Translation and Interpretation
The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive behavioristic conceptual analysis of acts of translation and inter...
Comparing Human Video Modeling to Animated Video Modeling for Learners with Autism
Comparing Human Video Modeling to Animated Video Modeling for Learners with Autism
People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may have difficulty responding vocally with intraverbals and physically with mo...
A Comparison of Sequential and Simultaneous Tact Instruction: A Pilot Study
A Comparison of Sequential and Simultaneous Tact Instruction: A Pilot Study
Over 20% of the population in the United States is bilingual, and yet limited behavior analytic research has investigated ...
Using Instructive Feedback to Expand Second Language of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Using Instructive Feedback to Expand Second Language of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
The misconception that teaching children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) more than one language will cause delays in l...
The Use of Self-Study and Matrix Training to Teach Sign Language
The Use of Self-Study and Matrix Training to Teach Sign Language
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems allow individuals with vocal speech delays to meet their wants an...
The Effect of Preference on the Acquisition of Echoics and Transfer Across Verbal Operants
The Effect of Preference on the Acquisition of Echoics and Transfer Across Verbal Operants
Previous studies have shown that participants’ preferences for stimuli can affect the acquisition of mands and tacts...
Toward a Procedure to Study Rule-Governed Choice: Preliminary Data
Toward a Procedure to Study Rule-Governed Choice: Preliminary Data
The aim of this study was to model a situation that induced choice between following two incompatible rules, each associat...
The Use of Partial Textual Stimuli within an Interactive Task for Increasing Reports of Past Behavior with a Child with Autism
The Use of Partial Textual Stimuli within an Interactive Task for Increasing Reports of Past Behavior with a Child with Autism
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may face challenges with reporting past behavior. Although some behavior-a...
Preliminary Analysis of Rule Explicitness on Instructional Control in Immediate and Delayed Contingencies
Preliminary Analysis of Rule Explicitness on Instructional Control in Immediate and Delayed Contingencies
Rules can enable individuals to effectively bypass some of the unavoidable outcomes associated with delayed reinforcers. T...
Acquisition of Secondary Targets During Tact and Intraverbal Instruction With Instructive Feedback
Acquisition of Secondary Targets During Tact and Intraverbal Instruction With Instructive Feedback
Instructive feedback is a procedure that introduces additional stimuli before or after a learning trial and can result in ...
Acquisition of Incidental Bidirectional Naming: Isolating the Effects of Probing and Mixed-Operant Instruction
Acquisition of Incidental Bidirectional Naming: Isolating the Effects of Probing and Mixed-Operant Instruction
The primary purpose of the present experiment was to explore the extent to which repeated probing contributes to the estab...
Using Concealed Public Accompaniments to Teach Individuals to Tact Intensity
Using Concealed Public Accompaniments to Teach Individuals to Tact Intensity
Healthcare professionals frequently ask individuals to use numerical rating scales to rate their pain intensity, yet indiv...
Delayed Consequences in General Education through the Lenses of Delay Discounting and Verbal Behavior
Delayed Consequences in General Education through the Lenses of Delay Discounting and Verbal Behavior
Delayed consequences have important academic implications for younger children. Conceptualized within behavior analysis as...
Relations between Verbal Self-Stimulation, Stimulus Modality, and Accuracy in an Operant Task
Relations between Verbal Self-Stimulation, Stimulus Modality, and Accuracy in an Operant Task
From an operant perspective, verbal behavior is multiply controlled by different sources of stimulation, including self-st...
Effects of Serial Multiple Exemplar Training on Bidirectional Naming in Children with Autism
Effects of Serial Multiple Exemplar Training on Bidirectional Naming in Children with Autism
This study examined the effect of a serial multiple exemplar training (S-MET) procedure on bidirectional naming (BiN) in f...
Correspondence Between Vocal-Verbal Behavior and Go/No-Go Responses During the Successive Matching-to-Sample Procedure
Correspondence Between Vocal-Verbal Behavior and Go/No-Go Responses During the Successive Matching-to-Sample Procedure
In the current study, eight college students were exposed to a successive matching-to-sample (S-MTS) procedure utilizing n...
The Analysis of Whose Verbal Behavior?
The Analysis of Whose Verbal Behavior?
Recent reviews of behavior analytic journals suggest that participant demographics are inadequately described. These revie...
The Effects of Reinforcing Tacting on the Recall of Children with Autism
The Effects of Reinforcing Tacting on the Recall of Children with Autism
Attending to and tacting stimuli in a situation may facilitate recall of that situation. To evaluate this, we showed varie...
Functional Analysis and Treatment of Repetitive Verbal Behavior in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Functional Analysis and Treatment of Repetitive Verbal Behavior in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Repetitive verbal behavior presents a unique challenge to researchers and clinicians as the topography of the behavior oft...
Verbal Mediation During Auditory Equivalence Class Formation Using Go/No-Go Successive Matching-to-Sample
Verbal Mediation During Auditory Equivalence Class Formation Using Go/No-Go Successive Matching-to-Sample
Successive matching-to-sample (S-MTS) with a go/no-go response requirement has previously produced equivalence classes wit...
Teaching Nonarbitrary Temporal Relational Responding in Adolescents with Autism
Teaching Nonarbitrary Temporal Relational Responding in Adolescents with Autism
According to relational frame theory (RFT), temporal relational responding is key to important repertoires, including sequ...
A Preliminary Investigation into Teaching Adolescents with Autism to Use Apps to Solve Problems
A Preliminary Investigation into Teaching Adolescents with Autism to Use Apps to Solve Problems
Technology offers exciting possibilities for instruction with learners with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but limited re...
A Review of the Environmental Variables Included in Mand Training Interventions
A Review of the Environmental Variables Included in Mand Training Interventions
Deficits in communicating one’s wants and needs can have significant and detrimental effects on quality of life. Par...
Understanding Echoics: Identifying Predictive Indicators of Vocal Imitation
Understanding Echoics: Identifying Predictive Indicators of Vocal Imitation
A growing body of literature supports the use of echoic prompts toward conditioning other functional language skills. Howe...
A Comparison of Training Procedures on the Emergence of Intraverbal-Tacts
A Comparison of Training Procedures on the Emergence of Intraverbal-Tacts
Vocal exchanges are often comprised of responses under multiple sources of stimulus control. For example, a picture may co...
Teaching an Infant to Request Help
Teaching an Infant to Request Help
Teaching an infant manual signs is beneficial as it promotes early communication, improves socialization, and can...