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TEACHING PICTURE‐NAMING BY MEANS OF BEHAVIOURAL TECHNIQUES: a study of a mildly handicapped boy with a severe perceptual problem
Author(s) -
KENNEDY PAUL,
McGINLEY PATRICK
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of the british institute of mental handicap (apex)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 0261-9997
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1982.tb00009.x
Subject(s) - line drawings , psychology , perception , peabody picture vocabulary test , vocabulary , stimulus (psychology) , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , mathematics education , cognition , linguistics , psychiatry , philosophy , neuroscience , engineering drawing , engineering
Summary The behavioural modification procedures of prompting, modelling and reinforcement were used to teach picture‐naming to a mildly mentally handicapped boy with a severe perceptual problem. Following five 40‐ minute teaching sessions on consecutive weekdays he performed significantly better on naming not only line drawings used during the teaching sessions but also line drawings which were not used, and line drawings from the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test. Stimulus generalisation and response generalisation are discussed. The role of such teaching interventions in improving children's intelligence is considered.