45.13 Secondary Verbal Behavior and the Intraverbal
With the intraverbal, what we have just said or written can control subsequent writing or speaking behavior for which there is no point-to-point correspondence between the stimulus and the response. This is a somewhat important notion that we shall return to when we consider how verbal behavior is actually constructed.
Intraverbal
A form of verbal behavior with the following features:
A verbal response
The prior controlling variable is a verbal stimulus
There is NO point-to-point correspondence between the stimulus and the response
The specific topography and dynamic characteristics of the vocal response
The musculature involved in executing the response
The modality of the prior verbal stimulus (usually either visual or auditory)
Dynamic features of either the stimulus or the response
The “correctness” of the response