Arbitrarily applicable comparative relations: Experimental evidence for a relational operant

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-71

  Berens, Nicholas M ^a   Hayes, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative relations; Multiple exemplar training; Relational frame theory; Relational frames; Relational operants; Verbal behavior

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; REINFORCEMENT; SEMANTICS;

APTITUDE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS; TOKEN ECONOMY;

EID: 34347214789     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2007.7-06     Document Type: Article

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