Remember, the form of the response, the topography of the utterance, is irrelevant. It plays no role in trying to classify a verbal response as either an autoclitic mand or autoclitic tact. Remember also that an autoclitic cannot occur unless some primary verbal behavior is occurring or is about to occur.
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