Verbal Operants
This is observed when you tell a client "Touch this" and they touch it. Another example could be instruction following
Contrive a mand for fart noises using priming. Must properly reinforce this
Give a short teaser fart noise and prompt a mand for subsequent fart noises
Bonus points for magnitude
These verbal operants have another persons verbal behavior as an antedent
Listener responding, echoic, intraverbal
What consequence should you provide for a mand?
The thing/action/etc that is requested
Run an echoic trial for "Panda" at a 2 second prompt delay
SD= "Say Panda"
prompts to say "panda"
Praise
This verbal operant is observed when the antecedent is another person's verbal behavior, and the response is identical to the antecedent
Teach your partner to tact "Spider ring" using a 3 second prompt delay
No vocal SD should be provided. Show the spider ring, after 3 seconds, prompt "spider ring" reinforce with praise. If you give them the spider ring, I will deduct points ;-)
Mand
What verbal operants do you provide generalized social praise for?
Listener responding, intraverbal, echoic, tact
Run several trials of asking for candy and differentially reinforce independence.
Partner should require prompts for first 2 and respond independently the third trial
Gives more candy for independent mand
The antecedent to this verbal operant is a nonverbal stimulus
Tact
Run an intraverbal trial.
SD= Happy birthday to....
Response= Dr. Pyles
1 second prompt delay
Praise!
How could you contrive motivation to mand for missing crayons?
Provide paper, and tell them to draw... or any other acceptable answer
Why don't you provide praise for mands?
Because it may cause the child to mand when they are motivated for attention rather than the item that is being requested
Contrive a mand for candy using priming
Gives sample of candy
No praise
Reinforce only with candy
For this verbal operant, the only reinforcer that you provide should be the item/action/etc that is requested
Mand
SD= I like pandas
Correct response= yea, Panda is the best!
SD= "I like pandas"
prompt after one-one-thousand-two-one-thousand
What SD would you provide to teach a tact for "candy corn"?
Presenting candy corn visually
Why don't you give the item tacted as reinforcement for the tact?
Because then the child may not tact when they are not motivated for the item
Trial for intraverbals. Anything you want to do. No, prompt error correction, 3-second prompt delay
TBD
This verbal operant has an antecedent that is the verbal behavior of another person, and the response is not identical to what the other person said
What is an intraverbal?
Run a tact trial for candy corn at a 5-second prompt delay. 'No, prompt' error correction
SD= show them candy corn
praise as a reinforcer
Why don't we provide a question such as "What is it?" when teaching tacts?
Because it changes the verbal operant, it would then be an intraverbal. The child may not learn to tact outside of being presented a vocal SD if you do this
Why don't you accept "where is the--?" as a mand for missing items
Because it will mess things up down the line when I go to teach mands for information (question-asking). The child may ask "Where is it?" when an item is in sight, but inaccessible. We want to ensure the correct context for question-asking
Describe the vocal chaining procedure and practice trial with Megan as the client, SD "Say Monster Mash"
TBD