CORRESPONDENCE TRAINING, PRIOR VERBAL TRAINING, AND CONTROL OF NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR VIA CONTROL OF VERBAL BEHAVIOR

The role of prior verbal training in correspondence training and later verbal control of nonverbal behavior was examined in two groups of Head Start children. One group received correspondence training without prior verbal training, the other with. Essentially no differences were found between the t...

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Published inJournal of applied behavior analysis Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 333 - 338
Main Authors Israel, Allen C., Brown, Margery S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 1977
Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Subjects
conditioning
correspondence
language
nonverbal behavior
preschool children
reinforcement
Research Report
training
verbal behavior
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Summary:The role of prior verbal training in correspondence training and later verbal control of nonverbal behavior was examined in two groups of Head Start children. One group received correspondence training without prior verbal training, the other with. Essentially no differences were found between the two sequences; thus it seems appropriate to consider the content phases (reinforcement contingent on target verbalization alone) of previous research as control procedures and not a necessary precursor to correspondence training.
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This research was supported by NIMH Grant # MH 24368‐01 to the senior author. The authors wish to acknowledge the contributions of Karen Bierman and Fern Chertok to the execution and data‐preparation phases of the research. We also would like to thank the staff of the Albany Head Start for their assistance and cooperation.
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This research was supported by NIMH Grant # MH 24368-01 to the senior author. The authors wish to acknowledge the contributions of Karen Bierman and Fern Chertok to the execution and data-preparation phases of the research. We also would like to thank the staff of the Albany Head Start for their assitance and cooperation. Reprints may be obtained from Allen C. Israel, Department of Psychology, SUNY-Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222.
ISSN:0021-8855
1938-3703
DOI:10.1901/jaba.1977.10-333