The Emergence of Untrained Mands and Tacts in Children with Autism

Autor/inn/en	Finn, Heather E.; Miguel, Caio F.; Ahearn, William H.
Titel	The Emergence of Untrained Mands and Tacts in Children with Autism
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 45 (2012) 2, S.265-280 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-8855
Schlagwörter	Autism; Young Children; Verbal Operant Conditioning; Scores; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Early Intervention; Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	Despite Skinner's (1957) assertion that verbal operants are initially functionally independent, recent studies have suggested that in some cases the acquisition of one verbal operant (e.g., mand) gives rise to the other (e.g., tact) without explicit training. The present study aimed to evaluate the functional independence of mands and tacts during instruction with children with autism. Four boys with autism (3 to 6 years old) were taught to construct two 4-piece structures. Two participants were taught directly to mand, whereas the other 2 were taught to tact the names of the pieces. The effects of training were evaluated in a multiple probe design across verbal operants and tasks. Three of the 4 participants demonstrated an immediate transfer of control from 1 verbal operant to the other. These results were consistent with previous research with typically developing young children. (Contains 5 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10