Allows for differential reinforcement of verbal

allows for differential reinforcement of verbal responses
 Private Stimuli and the Verbal Community
o difficult to teach individual to describe private stimuli because it's unclear to the
listener if the responses are correct
 Definition of Private Stimulus
o physical energy change
o capable of affecting a sense organ
o affects only the individual; other individuals are not affected
 Nervous System Receptors
o receptors = parts of nervous system capable of being affected by stimuli
 Private Stimuli Receptors
o involve receptors within the body (nerve endings, thermoreceptors, vestibular,
kinesthetic, mechanoreceptors)
 Public Stimuli Receptors
o receptors near or on surface of skin (photoreceptor, phonoreceptor,
chemoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors, free nerve endings)
Lesson 29: Public Accompaniment
 Four Ways:
o in which the verbal community attempts to overcome the difficulty of not having
direct access to private events
o first is public accompaniment
 Definition of Public Accompaniment
o a way in which the verbal community brings verbal behavior under the control of
private stimuli
o defining features:
 private stimulus
 collateral public stimulus
 reinforcement for given response contingent on the presence of public
stimulus
 Public Stimuli and Collateral Private Stimuli
o not all public stimuli have collateral private stimuli
Lesson 30: Collateral Response
 Private Stimulation and Collateral Responses
o additional information about private events available in collateral responses
 e.g. crying, moaning, holding injured/painful area, etc.
 Definition of Collateral Response

o teaching responses to private stimuli
o defining features
 private stimulus
 some collateral behavior
 community's reinforcement is contingent upon the presence of the
collateral response
o response = form of behavior involving muscle or gland movement
Lesson 31: Common Properties
 Properties Common to Both Public and Private Stimuli
o most likely geometrical, temporal, or intensive
 Definition of Common Properties
o response topography controlled by a feature or features of a public stimulus
o novel private stimulus that has properties in common with public stimulus
Lesson 32: Response Reduction
 Speaker and Verbal Response-Products
o learn to describe own behavior because community reacts to response-products of
it and differentially reinforce appropriate responses
 Private Stimulation of Verbal Response-Products
o even w/o externally observable response-product, individual could still feel
effects of private stimulation and be able to describe it
 Definition of Response Reduction
o verbal response controlled by the speaker's own covert behavior
o private kinesthetic stimuli that are collateral with observable public stimuli
o response is then reduced in magnitude to the point where no public stimuli are
produced
 Response Reduction and Common Properties
o response reduction - special case of public accompaniment
o common properties - special case of tact extension