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SAYING AND DOING: A COMMENTARY ON A CONTINGENCY‐SPACE ANALYSIS
Author(s) -
Stokes Trevor F.,
Osnes Pamela G.,
Guevremont David C.
Publication year - 1987
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.1987.20-161
Subject(s) - conceptualization , contingency , perspective (graphical) , psychology , space (punctuation) , focus (optics) , functional analysis , contingency management , cognitive psychology , applied behavior analysis , cognitive science , developmental psychology , epistemology , autism , artificial intelligence , computer science , intervention (counseling) , psychiatry , philosophy , biochemistry , physics , chemistry , optics , gene , operating system
This article addresses the contingency‐space analysis (Matthews, Shimoff, & Catania, 1987) of the verbal regulation of behavior. From an applied perspective, the conceptualization of the relationship between saying and doing Matthews et al. present may be more complex than is necessary. The central issue in correspondence investigations is a simple one: does correspondence between what people say and what they do occur? The focus of this paper is on the applied and clinical importance of the relationship between verbalizations and relevant behavior and the implications for future research.