Generalized Verbal Control and Correspondence Training

This study investigated generalization and maintenance of verbal control over nonverbal behavior in a preschool child. In a multiple baseline design across responses, verbal control initially was found to be well developed, but decreased with repeated tests for generalization and maintenance. A brie...

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Published in:Behavior modification 1985-10, Vol.9 (4), p.477-489
Main Authors: Baer, Ruth A., Williams, Julie A., Osnes, Pamela G., Stokes, Trevor F.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Medical sciences
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
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Summary:This study investigated generalization and maintenance of verbal control over nonverbal behavior in a preschool child. In a multiple baseline design across responses, verbal control initially was found to be well developed, but decreased with repeated tests for generalization and maintenance. A brief correspondence training phase was then implemented. During this phase, reinforcement was made contingent on both promising to engage in and actually engaging in a target response. Subsequently, verbal control was recovered. Generalization of verbal control to several untrained responses and maintenance over time were documented in a multiple baseline across-responses design. This study demonstrated the utility of correspondence training in promoting durable verbal control of a variety of responses and in recovering transitory verbal control.
ISSN:0145-4455
1552-4167
DOI:10.1177/01454455850094005