study questions

Differentiate between formal properties and functional properties of language.

Define verbal behavior.

1. Define a verbal operant.
2. Explain why Skinner suggested that the listener’s role is less significant than typically assumed.
3. Define and give an example of each of the verbal operants discussed in the chapter and explain how these terms can be used in the analysis of complex verbal behavior.
4. Identify and discuss at least 3 functional units of verbal behavior that contribute to our understanding of multiple control. 
5. Define an autoclitic relation.
6. Identify and discuss how viewing language as a learned behavior involving a social interaction between speakers and listeners, with the verbal operants as the basic units, changes how clinicians and researchers approach and ameliorate human problems related to language.
7. What are some applications of Skinners verbal behavior? Have you utilized any of the information presented in this chapter to teach language acquisition programming? 
8. Define each of the methods of language assessment in your own words. Then, provide an applied example of each.