14.5 Textual Behavior Non-Example #2
Writing “textual behavior” as a result of looking at the title of this lesson has already been described as copying a text. It is NOT textual behavior because the response is not vocal, which it must be according to the first defining feature.
Textual Behavior
A form of verbal behavior with the following features:
The response is vocal
It is controlled by a prior stimulus that is the response-product of writing behavior
There is point-to-point correspondence between the stimulus and the response
The specific topography and dynamic characteristics of the vocal response
The specific form of the visual verbal stimulus (e.g., written, printed, or typed)
Formal and dynamic features of the response
Whether or not there is any reinforcement for the current response
The “meaning” of either the stimulus or the response
