Verbal Behavior is a 1957 book by psychologist B. F. Skinner, in which he describes what he calls verbal behavior, or what was traditionally called linguistics...
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B. F. Skinner (section Verbal Behavior)
novel, Walden Two, while his analysis of human behavior culminated in his 1958 work, Verbal Behavior. Skinner, John B. Watson and Ivan Pavlov, are considered...
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Behaviorism (redirect from Behavior analytic)
science of behavior, his attention turned to human language with his 1957 book Verbal Behavior and other language-related publications; Verbal Behavior laid...
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The Analysis of Verbal Behavior (TAVB) is a peer reviewed, scientific journal established in 1982, which primarily publishes research in the field of...
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The Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP) is an assessment and skills-tracking system to assess the language, learning...
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self-initiated request). Intraverbals – verbal behavior for which the relevant antecedent stimulus was other verbal behavior, but which does not share the response...
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Skinner's theories form the basis for two of his books: Verbal Behavior, and Science and Human Behavior. These two texts represent considerable theoretical...
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Communication (redirect from Communication behavior)
gestures, and postures. However, not every form of non-verbal behavior constitutes non-verbal communication. Some theorists, like Judee Burgoon, hold...
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mand as one of six primary verbal operants in his 1957 work, Verbal Behavior. Chapter three of Skinner's work, Verbal Behavior, discusses a functional relationship...
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Verbal abuse (also known as verbal aggression, verbal attack, verbal violence, verbal assault, psychic aggression, or psychic violence) is a type of...
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communicate with both verbal and nonverbal behavior. Verbal behavior is the content of one's spoken word. Verbal and nonverbal behavior intersect in what...
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Semantic satiation (redirect from Verbal satiation)
note on the measurement of semantic satiation". Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior. 6 (6): 954–57. doi:10.1016/s0022-5371(67)80165-8. Jakobovits...
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Pair by association (section Verbal behavior)
association tests to determine the strength of verbal behavior, in particular, B.F Skinner's concept of the verbal response class called intraverbals. Psychology...
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Verbal reasoning is understanding and reasoning using concepts framed in words. It aims at evaluating ability to think constructively, rather than at simple...
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in verbal behavior as a serious mechanism for acquisition. He identified echoic behavior as one of his basic verbal operants, postulating that verbal behavior...
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of Verbal Behavior. An autoclitic is a verbal behavior that modifies the functions of other verbal behaviors. For example, "I think it is raining" possesses...
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Dr. Fox effect (section Non-verbal behavior)
the amount of information learned. Non verbal behavior or non verbal communication is a series of wordless behavior that is projected by the speaker to the...
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chest. Behavioral cues are under the direct control of the communicators, in contrast to public and private cues. They include verbal behavioral cues,...
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Consciousness (section Measurement via verbal report)
consciousness is reflected in behavior (including verbal behavior), and that we attribute consciousness on the basis of behavior. A more straightforward way...
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Cognitive science (section Behavioral experiments)
Noam Chomsky published a scathing review of B. F. Skinner's book Verbal Behavior. At the time, Skinner's behaviorist paradigm dominated the field of...
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Lie detection (section Non-verbal behavior)
Lie detection is an assessment of a verbal statement with the goal to reveal a possible intentional deceit. Lie detection may refer to a cognitive process...
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Operant conditioning (redirect from Operant behavior)
treating verbal behavior like any other behavior controlled by its consequences, which included the reactions of the speaker's audience. Operant behavior is...
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Non-verbal leakage is a form of non-verbal behavior that occurs when a person verbalizes one thing, but their body language indicates another, common...
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Social learning theory (category Behavioral concepts)
it. In the 1940s, B. F. Skinner delivered a series of lectures on verbal behavior, putting forward a more empirical approach to the subject than existed...
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"Controlled Rehearsal in Single-Trial Free Recall". Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior. 17 (3): 309–324. doi:10.1016/s0022-5371(78)90201-3. Carlesimo...
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Tact (psychology) (category Behavioral concepts)
five of Skinner's Verbal Behavior discusses the tact in depth. A tact is said to "make contact with" the world, and refers to behavior that is under the...
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Nonverbal communication (redirect from Non-verbal)
be used without verbal communication to convey messages; when nonverbal behavior does not effectively communicate a message, verbal methods are used...
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Structures (1957) and "Review of B. F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior" (1959), Plans and the Structure of Behavior by George Armitage Miller, Eugene Galanter, and...
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verbal (e.g., sensory predicates[further explanation needed] and keywords) and non-verbal behavior (e.g., matching and mirroring non-verbal behavior,...
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involves both verbal as well as non-verbal mode of communication. For example, trust is a non-verbal behavior which is often reflected by a verbal communication...
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