Toward a theory of verbal behavior

Author(s): Lowe, C. F.

Journal/Book: J Exp Anal Behav. 1997; 68: Indiana Univ, Dept Psychology, Bloomington, IN 47405. Soc Exp Analysis Behavior Inc. 271-296.

Abstract: This paper is a reply to an accompanying set of six commentaries by Sidman; Hayes and Barnes; Schusterman, Kastak, and Reichmuth; Tonneau and Sokolowski; Lowenkron; and Moerk. Those commentaries were prompted by our article ''On the Origins of Naming and Other Symbolic Behavior'' (1996), which was, in turn, followed by 26 commentaries and a reply. In the course of the present reply we further develop the naming account to embrace more complex verbal relations such as same, different, more, and less. We also examine what we see as the lack of conceptual coherence in equivalence theories, including relational frame theory, and the disparities between these accounts and the findings from empirical research.

Note: Editorial Horne PJ, Univ Wales, Sch Psychol, Bangor LL57 2DG, Gwynedd, WALES

Keyword(s): naming; verbal behavior; language; equivalence; relational frame theory; mediation; match to sample; RELATIONAL FRAME-THEORY; BASE-LINE RELATIONS; STIMULUS EQUIVALENCE; PERFORMANCE; INFANT; CATEGORIZATION; REPRESENTATION; ACQUISITION; EVOLUTION; SCHEDULES

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