Introductory Concepts

Lesson 1: Introduction

Lesson 2: Mediated Reinforcement

Lesson 3: Verbal Behavior

Lesson 4: Types of Controlling Variables

4.1 Three Basic Types of Controlling Variables

4.2 Establishing Operations

Lesson 5: Verbal Stimulus

Lesson 6: Establishing Operation

Lesson 7: Point-to-Point Correspondence

Lesson 8: Response Product

Lesson 9: Formal Similarity

Lesson 10: Formal and Thematic Control

Elementary Relationships

Lesson 11: Echoic Behavior

Lesson 12: Copying a Text

Lesson 13: Taking Dictation

Lesson 14: Textual Behavior

Lesson 15: Verbal Relationships with Thematic Control

Lesson 16: The Intraverbal

Lesson 17: The Tact

Lesson 18: The Mand

Lesson 19: A Comparison of the Mand and the Tact

Lesson 20: The Audience

Lesson 21: Other Forms of Verbal Behavior

Extensions of Verbal Behavior

Lesson 22: Stimulus Features

Lesson 23: Three Different Types of Extension

Lesson 24: Generic Extension

Lesson 25: Metaphorical Extension

Lesson 26: Metonymical Extension

Lesson 27: Mand Extension

Lesson 28: Private Stimuli

Lesson 29: Public Accompaniment

Lesson 30: Collateral Response

Lesson 31: Common Properties

Lesson 32: Response Reduction

Multiple Controlling Relationships

Lesson 33: Multiple Controlling Variables

Lesson 34: Multiple Responses

Lesson 35: Fragmentary Sources of Strength

Lesson 36: Supplementary Stimulation

Lesson 37: Prompt-Probe

37.1 Review of Supplementary Stimulation

37.2 Definition of Prompt and Probe

37.3 Prompt Example #1

37.4 Probe Example #1

37.5 Formal Prompts and Probes

37.6 Thematic Prompts and Probes

37.7 Self-Prompts and Self-Probes

37.8 Knowledge Check

Lesson 38: Distorted and Impure Tacts

38.1 Tacts Benefit the Listener

38.2 Fishing Example

38.3 Review of Establishing Operations

38.4 Definition of Distorted or Impure Tact

Lesson 39: Fragmentary Recombination

39.1 Recombinations of Response Fragments

39.2 Fragmentary Recombination Example #1

39.3 Fragmentary Recombination Non-Example #1

39.4 Fragmentary Recombination Example #2

Lesson 40: Word Blends and Phrase Blends

40.1 Definition of Word Blend and Phrase Blend

40.2 Word Blend and Phrase Blend

40.3 Blending Basic Verbal Operants

40.4 More Information on Blends

Lesson 41: Standard and Non-Standard Forms

41.1 Fragmentary Recombinations and Standard Forms

41.2 Fragmentary Recombinations and Non-Standard Forms

41.3 Definition of Standard and Non-Standard Forms

41.4 Neologisms

Lesson 42: Analyzing Humor and Literature

42.1 Thematic Control in Literature, Poetry, and Humor Part 1

42.2 Thematic Control in Literature, Poetry, and Humor Part 2

42.3 Thematic Control in Literature, Poetry, and Humor Part 3

42.4 Thematic Control in Literature, Poetry, and Humor Part 4

42.5 Formal Control in Literature, Poetry, and Humor

Lesson 43: Main Thematic Source

43.1 Definition of Main Thematic Source

43.2 Main Thematic Source Example #1

43.3 Main Thematic Source Non-Example #1

43.4 Main Thematic Source Example #2

43.5 Main Thematic Source Non-Example #2

Lesson 44: Secondary Sources of Strength

44.1 Secondary Sources of Strength

44.2 Intraverbal and Echoic Secondary Sources of Strength

44.3 Definition of Secondary Sources of Strength

44.4 Secondary Sources of Strength Example

44.5 Knowledge Check

Building on the Elementary Relationships

Lesson 45: Secondary Verbal Behavior

45.1 Review of Primary Verbal Behavior

45.2 Complex Verbal Behavior

45.3 Ordering and Grouping of Responses

45.4 Free Association “Train of Thought”

45.5 Passive Voice

45.6 Functional Unit in Verbal Behavior

45.7 Phrases as Single Verbal Responses

45.8 Definition of Secondary Verbal Behavior

45.9 Secondary Verbal Behavior and Echoics

45.10 Secondary Verbal Behavior and Copying a Text

45.11 Secondary Verbal Behavior and Taking Dictation

45.12 Secondary Verbal Behavior and Textual Behavior

45.13 Secondary Verbal Behavior and the Intraverbal

45.14 Secondary Verbal Behavior and Mands and Tacts

45.15 Review of the Tact

45.16 Review of the Mand

45.17 Response-Product of the Speaker’s Own Verbal Behavior

45.18 Seeing That We Are Seeing

45.19 Discriminating That We Are Hearing

45.20 The Autoclitic

45.21 Autoclitic Example

45.22 Autoclitic for Tact and Echoic

Lesson 46: The Autoclitic Tact

46.1 Definition of the Autoclitic Tact

46.2 Autoclitic Tact Example #1

46.3 Autoclitic Tact Non-Example #1

46.4 Autoclitic Tact Example #2

46.5 Autoclitic Tact Example #3

46.6 Form of Autoclitic Tact

46.7 Autoclitic Tact Example #4

46.8 Autoclitic Tact Example #5

46.9 Metonymical Extension and the Autoclitic Tact

46.10 Autoclitic Tact Example #6

46.11 Generic and Metaphorical Extension and the Autoclitic Tact

46.12 Variety of Autoclitic Tacts

46.13 Knowledge Check

Lesson 47: The Autoclitic Mand

47.1 Review of the Autoclitic Tact

47.2 Definition of the Autoclitic Mand

47.3 Autoclitic Mand Example #1

47.4 Autoclitic Mand Non-Example #1

47.5 Autoclitic Mand Example #2

47.6 Autoclitic Impure Tact

47.7 Form of Autoclitic Mand

47.8 Knowledge Check

Final Quiz for an Introduction to Verbal Behavior (Standard)

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Lesson 4: Types of Controlling Variables

An Introduction to Verbal Behavior (Standard) Lesson 4: Types of Controlling Variables

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This lesson briefly describes three types of controlling variables relevant to verbal behavior, including verbal and non-verbal discriminative stimuli and establishing operations.

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4.1 Three Basic Types of Controlling Variables

4.2 Establishing Operations