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标题：Verbal Behavior: analysis of the skinnerian perspective and the explaining extensions of Stemmer, Hayes and Sidman
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作者：Ana Leda de Faria Brino ; Carlos B. A. de Souza
期刊名称：Interação em Psicologia
印刷版ISSN：1516-1854
出版年度：2005
卷号：09
期号：02
出版社：Universidade Federal do Parana̧, Departamento de Psicologia
摘要：Skinner defines verbal behavior as an operant shaped and maintained by consequences mediated by
others. Therefore, it could be explained through the description of organism-environment functional
relations. However, in his categorization of verbal operants Skinner didnt treat satisfactorily with
behaviors of relational type, probably due to the difficulty to determine the controlling variables. This
work analyzed Skinnerian approach to verbal behavior and three proposals that aim to extend it
(Stemmer, Hayes and Sidman). Stemmer extends the scope of Skinnerian explanation describing
relational and syntactic-grammatical learning processes in terms of the establishment of
discriminations and generalizations, emphasizing the listening role as a necessary condition to the
learning of speaking. Hayes and Sidman present, respectively, the description of a new kind of operant
and a new behavioral process underlying relational learning. Although Hayes and Sidmans proposals
are reaching interesting results in teaching relational repertoires, there is not a consensus about what
mechanisms and biobehavioral processes are necessary to the language acquisition and development.
This work points to the need of a standardization of concepts related to the notions of relational
learning, stimuli classes formation, and generalized response classes, in order to redirect the research
on verbal behavior.