The concept of derived manding represents one of the most promising intersections between Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior and relational frame theory (RFT). For children with autism whose communicative repertoires are limited, the ability to derive new mand functions without direct training for every stimulus has profound implications for the efficiency and scope of language intervention.
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Join Free →Read the following article and pass a 6-question quiz on it: Murphy, C., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Barnes-Holmes, Y. (2005). Derived manding in children with autism: Synthesizing Skinner'sVerbal Behaviorwith relational frame theory.Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 38(4), 445-462. To earn credit, you will be required to read the article and pass a 6-question quiz about it. You can retake the quiz as many times as needed, but you will not receive exactly the same questions each time. Mand functions for two stimuli (A1 and A2) were trained for 3 children with autism and were then incorporated into two related conditional discriminations (A1-B1/A2 -B2 and B1-C1/B2-C2). Tests were conducted to probe for a derived transfer of mand response functions from A1 and A2 to C1 and C2, respectively. When 1 participant failed to demonstrate derived transfer of mand response functions, transfer training using exemplars was conducted. When participants had demonstrated derived transfer of mand functions, the X1 and X2 tokens that were employed as reinforcers for mand responses were incorporated into two conditional discriminations (X1-Y1/X2-Y2 and Y1-Z1/Y2-Z2). Tests were conducted for derived transfer of reinforcing functions. Finally, tests were conducted to determine if the participants would demonstrate derived manding for the derived reinforcers (present C1 and C2 to mand for Z1 and Z2, respectively). Derived transfer of functions was observed when the sequence of training and testing was reversed (i.e., training and testing reinforcing functions before mand response functions) and when only minimal instructions were provided. Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.
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