The effects of alternating mand and tact training on the acquisition of tacts
- 1 April 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in The Analysis of Verbal Behavior
- Vol. 5 (1), 55-65
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03392820
Abstract
Two training procedures were compared with respect to the average number of training trials it took to teach new verbal responses to normal children. Mand contingencies were alternated with tact contingencies in one condition while only tact contingencies were in effect in the other condition. Normal, preschool children served as subjects and toy parts were the objects that were to be named. The results indicated that it took, on the average, fewer trials to teach part names (tacts) in the mand-tact condition than in the tact only condition. Although more research is needed to confirm this, it appears that mand contingencies involve stronger controlling variables and can facilitate the acquisition of a tact repertoire.Keywords
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