OPERANT STUTTERING: THE CONTROL OF STUTTERING BEHAVIOR THROUGH RESPONSE — CONTINGENT CONSEQUENCES¹

Abstract

The attempt to understand and control stuttering has received considerable at- tention in both clinic and laboratory. The concept of anxiety has played a major role in formulations in both areas; stuttering is considered "an anxiety-motivated avoidant response that becomes 'conditioned' to the cues or stimuli associated with its occurrence" (5).