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Jane asks for a candy while in the store. What is the appropriate consequence to strengthen this response as a mand? 

Verbal operants are each unique in that they are                                . 

According to Dr. McGreevy and Essentials for Living, vocal verbal behavior should be pursued as the response form if the learner emits; 

Veronica is teaching her client to mand for help when he is unable to pump the soap bottle on his own. Once he is reliably requesting help with the soap bottle in his bathroom, she works on the skill at the kitchen sink. Once he demonstrates the skill in the kitchen, she tests whether he will request help with pumping the soap in the presence of his mother. Once he requests help from his mother, she tests whether he will request help at school with his teacher. What type of strategy is Veronica using to promote generality? 

Which of the following represents the 3-term contingency for teaching the mand? 

An advantage of sign language is that it has                                          to                                  . 

Research has shown that infants show early indications of preference for speech sounds and typical pauses in speech as listeners. How is this preference typically measured with infants? 

Deborah notices her client will only mand “help” when she cannot reach for things. She will never mand “help” when she is presented with a difficult task that she cannot complete. What type of failed generalization is this? 

At the time of Skinner’s publication of Verbal Behavior, the dominant, prevailing language theory was a; 

When deciding on an alternative form of communication, one should consider this;