15.2 Review of Thematic Control

Not all elementary verbal relationships have such point-to-point correspondence. We learned previously that if there is no point-to-point correspondence between the stimulus and the response, then we call the type of controlling relationship thematic. What follows are the types of elementary verbal relationships that are examples of thematic control. They are thematic because in most cases the controlling variable strengthens several responses. This fact will become clearer as each of the elementary relationships involving thematic control is presented.