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Verbal Operants

Verbal Operants is a theoretical construct in behavior analysis that classifies units of language according to their functional relationship with antecedent and consequent environmental variables, differing from other linguistic categories by emphasizing the speaker's operant conditioning history rather than syntactic or semantic form.

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Hypotheses and habits in verbal "operant conditioning.'

Don E. Dulany · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1961 · 209 citations

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Descriptive behaviorism versus cognitive theory in verbal operant conditioning.

Charles D. Spielberger, L. Douglas DeNike · Psychological Review · 1966 · 184 citations

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The developmental control of operant motor responding by verbal operants

Donald Meichenbaum, Joseph K. Goodman · Journal of Experimental Child Psychology · 1969 · 104 citations

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OPERANT TRAINING AND GENERALIZATION OF A VERBAL RESPONSE FORM IN A SPEECH‐DEFICIENT CHILD

Andrew J. Wheeler, Beth Sulzer · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis · 1970 · 89 citations · Full text

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A METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSING THE FUNCTIONS OF EMERGING SPEECH IN CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Dorothea C. Lerman, Mandy Parten, Laura Addison et al. · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis · 2005 · 85 citations · Full text

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Authors

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    M. Alice Shillingsburg

    Center for Autism and Related Disorders, United States

    3 publications · 116 citations

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  2. ME
    Michael E. Kelley

    Florida Institute of Technology, United States

    3 publications · 116 citations

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  3. LA
    Laura Addison

    Louisiana State University, United States

    3 publications · 172 citations

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  4. RD
    R. Douglas Greer

    Columbia University, United States

    3 publications · 130 citations

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    William S. Verplanck

    Harvard University Press, United States

    3 publications · 130 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Southern Illinois University Carbondale

    Carbondale, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    211 citations

  2. Marcus Foundation

    Denver, United States

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    408 citations

  3. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    377 citations

  4. Nebraska Medical Center

    Omaha, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    62 citations

  5. University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Omaha, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    62 citations

  6. New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities

    Albany, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    114 citations

  7. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    114 citations

  8. Meridian Institute

    Colorado City, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

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  1. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

    JABA · 10 publications · 420 citations

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  2. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior

    TAVB · 5 publications · 167 citations

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  3. European Journal of Behavior Analysis

    EJOBA · 3 publications · 61 citations

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  4. Psychological Review

    3 publications · 285 citations

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