Help
This course has an assignment that is due by 11:55 pm Central Standard Time on Wednesday night of the first week of class.  Failure to complete this assignment will result in your removal from the course for non-participation. 

Textbooks

Greer, R., & Ross, D. (2008). Verbal Behavior Analysis. Boston: Pearson Education. ISBN 13: 978-0-205-45837-0 

Course Description

This course introduces students to a behavior analytic approach to the behavior of speakers and listeners. Students first learn the 7 types of elementary verbal operants identified by B. F. Skinner and to recognize examples of the concepts as they can be seen in everyday life. Structural and developmental issues, as well as implications for language training and remediation are integrated throughout.

Course Objectives

  • Identify and define the developmental milestones in verbal behavior.
  • Define and provide examples of echoics.
  • Define and provide examples of mands.
  • Define and provide examples of tacts.
  • Define and provide examples of intraverbals.
  • Define and provide examples of autoclitics.
  • Define and provide examples of textual responding.
  • Identify and define basic teaching operations for early speaker functions.
  • Define and provide examples to record and graph verbal behavior.