Equivalence relations, contextual control, and naming

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-354

  Randell, Tom ^a   Remington, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult humans; Contextual control; Generalization; Match to sample; Naming; Stimulus equivalence; Verbal behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REINFORCEMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33845496038     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2006.82-05     Document Type: Article

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