The method of public accompaniment is a way in which the verbal community brings verbal behavior under the control of private stimuli. Its defining features include a private stimulus, a collateral public stimulus, and reinforcement for a given response contingent upon the presence of the public stimulus. Irrelevant features of public accompaniment include the type of private stimulus and whether or not there is any causal relationship between the public and private stimulus (they need only be correlated).
A way in which the verbal community brings verbal behavior under the control of private stimuli that has the following features:
A private stimulus
A collateral public stimulus
Reinforcement for a given response contingent upon the presence of the public stimulus
The type of private stimulus
Whether or not there is any causal relationship between the public and private stimulus (they need only be correlated)