Naming and categorization in young children: Vocal tact training

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 527-549

  Lowe, C Fergus ^a   Horne, Pauline J ^b   Harris, Fay D A ^b   Randle, Valerie R L ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Categorization; Category match to sample; Children; Naming; Stimulus classes; Stimulus equivalence; Tacting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHONETICS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0036834250     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2002.78-527     Document Type: Article

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