Introductory Concepts
Elementary Relationships
Extensions of Verbal Behavior
Multiple Controlling Relationships
Building on the Elementary Relationships
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47.3 Autoclitic Mand Example #1

If you say “John loves Mary and vice versa,” “vice versa” is an autoclitic mand if the form of the response is controlled by the fact that the listener reacting as though the reverse were also true would currently be reinforcing to the speaker, even if it is not at all true.

Autoclitic Mand

A verbal relationship with the following features:

The controlling variable is an establishing operation

It enjoins the listener to alter his or her reaction to the primary response

Response topography

The listener’s current reaction

The specific type of reinforcement specified by the response

John and Mary have a reciprocal affection for each other.
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