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The Multiple Control of Verbal Behavior

The Multiple Control of Verbal Behavior Amid the novel terms and original analyses in Skinner’s Verbal Behavior, the importance of his discussion of multiple control is easily missed, but multiple control of verbal responses is the rule rather than the exception. In this paper we summarize and illustrate Skinner’s analysis of multiple control and introduce the terms convergent multiple control and divergent multiple control. We point out some implications for applied work and discuss examples of the role of multiple control in humor, poetry, problem solving, and recall. Joint control and conditional discrimination are discussed as special cases of multiple control. We suggest that multiple control is a useful analytic tool for interpreting virtually all complex behavior, and we consider the concepts of derived relations and naming as cases in point. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Analysis of Verbal Behavior Springer Journals

The Multiple Control of Verbal Behavior

 
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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2011 by Association of Behavior Analysis International
Subject
Psychology; Psychology, general
ISSN
0889-9401
eISSN
2196-8926
DOI
10.1007/BF03393089
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Abstract

Amid the novel terms and original analyses in Skinner’s Verbal Behavior, the importance of his discussion of multiple control is easily missed, but multiple control of verbal responses is the rule rather than the exception. In this paper we summarize and illustrate Skinner’s analysis of multiple control and introduce the terms convergent multiple control and divergent multiple control. We point out some implications for applied work and discuss examples of the role of multiple control in humor, poetry, problem solving, and recall. Joint control and conditional discrimination are discussed as special cases of multiple control. We suggest that multiple control is a useful analytic tool for interpreting virtually all complex behavior, and we consider the concepts of derived relations and naming as cases in point.

Journal

The Analysis of Verbal BehaviorSpringer Journals

Published: Jul 8, 2017

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