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13.7 Cues Often Used for Equivalence Relations
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For example, when specifying a relation of sameness or equivalence between an object and its name, we will often point to the object and say “This is called a…” This event includes multiple contextual cues that indicate a stimulus relation is being specified. Together, these contextual cues predict reinforcement for responding to the word triangle and the image of a triangle as though there is a relation of sameness or equivalence between them.
| Sample Contextual Cues |
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| Specific words or phrases |
| Speaker’s tone of voice |
| Form or structure of a sentence |
| Juxtaposition of objects and words |
| Pointing at something |
| Looking at something |
| Spatial arrangement of words on written page |
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