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- Title
THE EMERGENCE OF UNTRAINED MANDS AND TACTS IN CHILDREN WITH A UTISM.
- Authors
Finn, Heather E.; Miguel, Caio F.; Ahearn, William H.
- Abstract
Despite Skinner's (1957) assertion that verbal operants are initially functionally independent, recent studies have suggested that in some cases the acquisition of one verbal operant (e.g., mand) gives rise to the other (e.g., tact) without explicit training. The present study aimed to evaluate the functional independence of mands and tacts during instruction with children with autism. Four boys with autism (3 to 6 years old) were taught to construct two 4-piece structures. Two participants were taught directly to mand, whereas the other 2 were taught to tact the names of the pieces. The effects of training were evaluated in a multiple probe design across verbal operants and tasks. Three of the 4 participants demonstrated an immediate transfer of control from 1 verbal operant to the other. These results were consistent with previous research with typically developing young children.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGY; AUTISM in children; FUNCTIONAL independence measure; VERBAL behavior; OPERANT conditioning; TACT
- Publication
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012, Vol 45, Issue 2, p265
- ISSN
0021-8855
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1901/jaba.2012.45-265