Evaluation of Single and Mixed Verbal Operant Arrangements for Teaching Mands and Tacts

Autor/inn/en	Sidener, Tina M.; Carr, James E.; Karsten, Amanda M.; Severtson, Jamie M.; Cornelius, Carly E.; Heinicke, Megan R.
Titel	Evaluation of Single and Mixed Verbal Operant Arrangements for Teaching Mands and Tacts
Quelle	In: Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 26 (2010), S.15-30 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0889-9401
Schlagwörter	Investigations; Autism; Evaluation; Experiments; Verbal Operant Conditioning; Intervention; Children; Verbal Stimuli; Data Collection; Preschool Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Untersuchung; Autismus; Evaluierung; Erprobung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Data capture; Datensammlung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule
Abstract	The purpose of this series of experiments was to evaluate the effects of mixed mand-tact arrangements on the acquisition of mands and tacts in preschool-aged children. In Experiment 1, the effects of three training arrangements (mand-only training, tact-only training, and mand-tact training) were investigated with 3 typically developing children. Rates of acquisition in single (mand-only and tact-only) versus mixed (mand-tact) presentation were comparable, in contrast to earlier investigations. Experiment 2 attempted to clarify the equivocal findings of Experiment 1 by directly replicating the Carroll and Hesse (1987) investigation with 2 typically developing children. Results again demonstrated no clear benefit of mixed verbal operant training on tact acquisition. In Experiment 3, these same arrangements were evaluated with a boy with autism and included assessments to determine that a relevant establishing operation was in effect prior to each mand training session. Experiment 3 again failed to demonstrate the facilitative effects of mand-tact training on the acquisition of mands or tacts. Taken together, the data from these three experiments fail to support the improved efficiency of mand-tact training suggested by prior studies. Findings are discussed in the context of future research investigating mixed verbal operant arrangements. (Contains 1 table, 5 figures, and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10