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PREPARATION FOR EFFECTIVE SELF‐REGULATION: THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENERALIZED VERBAL CONTROL
Author(s) -
Guevremont David C.,
Osnes Pamela G.,
Stokes Trevor F.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1986.19-99
Subject(s) - generalization , psychology , consistency (knowledge bases) , control (management) , developmental psychology , salient , nonverbal communication , self control , cognitive psychology , artificial intelligence , computer science , mathematical analysis , mathematics
A correspondence training procedure was used to develop consistency between children's verbalizations and their subsequent behavior across increasingly remote settings and time. The interval of time between the verbalizations and the opportunity to engage in several target behaviors was systematically increased across four preschool settings. Probes of generalized verbal control of home behaviors were conducted throughout training and showed that generalization was obtained in the absence of any salient externally imposed contingencies after the children had reliably come under the control of verbalizations about preschool behaviors.