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Verbal Operants

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  • When asked, “What am I doing?” while waving, child responds, “waving”
    Tact
  • RBT says, “Show me jumping” and child jumps
    LR Command
  • Child points to cookie after being asked, “What do you want?”
    Independent Mand
  • Child says “ball” after seeing a ball on the floor
    Tact
  • Request for an item, activity, removal of a stimulus, etc.
    Mand
  • When presented with an array of pictures, child points to all the vehicles when RBT says, “Point to all of the vehicles.”
    LRFFC
  • Selection of an item in a field of other items
    LR
  • Child says, “Stop please!” when presented an aversive stimuli
    Mand to stop aversive
  • RBT shows child a blue pencil and says, "What color is it?" Child says, "Blue"
    TFFC
  • Answers verbal questions/fill-ins when no other stimuli are present (e.g. pictures) that would prompt a response
    Intraverbal
  • Sequencing, sorting, matching pictures
    VPTMS
  • RBT says, “Say banana” and child repeats “banana”
    Echoic
  • Child says, “Cow, bear, dog” when asked, “Tell me some animals”
    Intraverbal
  • Following verbal direction
    LR
  • Label: an item, activity, location, action, picture, emotion, feature, etc.
    Tact
  • Learner sees the swing and mands for swing
    Independent mand
  • Child points to wheel when RBT says, “Touch the wheel"
    LRFCC
  • Learner reaches for the cookie. RBT says "You can say, 'I want cookie." Learner repeats "I want cookie"
    Prompted mand
  • RBT gives child pictures and says, “Sort”
    VPTMS
  • Child points to picture of car when RBT says, “Touch car"
    LR
  • RBT gives learner cards with steps of crossing the street and says, "Put the steps in order." Child puts the steps in order.
    VPTMS
  • Vocal imitation
    Echoic
  • Learner is in the gym and mands for the bathroom (type of mand)
    Spontaneous mand
  • Selection of an item based on its feature, function, or class
    LRFFC
  • Copies a model
    Imitation
  • Child matches identical pictures when given pictures and told, “Match"
    VPTMS
  • When asked, “Where do you go swimming?” child responds “pool.”
    Intraverbal
  • RBT asks, “What do you want?” and child responds, “Tickles"
    Independent Mand
  • Child touches ball when asked, “Which one do you throw?”
    LRFFC
  • Child imitates clapping hands when RBT says, “Do this"
    Imitation
  • RBT asks, “Who makes you breakfast?” and child responds, “mom”
    Intraverbal
  • Child sees water and says, “I want water”
    Independent Mand
  • RBT says, “Go get the crayons” and child gets crayons
    LR Command
  • Child says, “Truck,” as a result of hearing someone say, “Truck."
    Echoic
  • RBT asks child, "What is your name?" Child answers, "Steve"
    Intraverbal
  • RBT says "What part is this?" while pointing to straw in a cup, and child says, "Straw"
    TFFC