CBA Modules B-14 Part 1

A teacher gives more beans to a student who signs "more". The student has emitted

a. a mand b. an intraverbal c. a tact

Verbal behavior can refer to

a. all speaking and hearing b. blowing a bugle to order soldiers to march c. cognitions d. all of the above c. cognitions

An infant babbles, "ba ba ba ba." The parent points to the bottle that is sitting in front of the infant and excitedly says, "Yes, that's your bottle!" This sequence of events happens many times. The babble is most likely

a. an echoic b. a tact c. a mand b. a tact

The teacher says "Hello" and the class says "Hello. This is an example of

a. an echoic b. a tact c. an intraverbal a. an echoic

The teacher says, "Hello and the class says, "Howdy." This is an example of

a. an intraverbal b. an echoic c. a tact a. an intraverbal

Verbal behavior can refer to

a. gestures and facial expressions b. blowing a bugle to order soldiers to march c. speaking or signing d. all of the above d. all of the above

An echoic response

a. has point-to-point correspondence but no formal similarity with the SD b. has formal similarity with the SD but no point-to-point correspondence c. has point-to-point correspondence and formal similarity with the SD c. has point-to-point correspondence and formal similarity with the SD

Verbal behavior is defined by

a. its effect on the listener b. the functional relation between the behavior and its controlling variables c. the EOs of which it is a function b. the functional relation between the behavior and its controlling variables

By definition, verbal behavior is

a. reinforced through the mediation of another person b. reinforced by the spoken/vocal behavior of others c. primarily controlled by SDs d. primarily controlled by EOs a. reinforced through the mediation of another person