Verbal Operants

Question 1

What is tact/tacting?

Answer 1

Labeling. Teaching the client how to identify/label stimuli in their environment.

Question 2

What is a mand?

Answer 2

Asking for the preferred stimuli or removal of non-preferred stimuli (think of deMAND)

Question 3

What is an intraverbal response?

Answer 3

Responding to the mand by providing the answer. (EX: “What is your name?”

Question 4

What is an echoic?

Answer 4

A verbal behavior where the speaker repeats the same sound/word that was said by another person.

Question 5

What is a textual response?

Answer 5

A verbal operant in which a vocal (or subvocal) response is under the control of a nonauditory verbal stimulus (written).

Question 6

What is receptive language?

Answer 6

A form of verbal behavior that requires the listener to respond to another’s verbal behavior. (EX: Get a pencil)

Question 7

What is motor imitation?

Answer 7

Imitating actions with objects and gross motor movements such as clapping hands, blowing kisses and stomping feet.

Question 8

What is SD with Model?

Answer 8

Amodeling by using an in-person, video, or an audio example of what the individual is supposed to do.