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COVARIATION BETWEEN BIZARRE AND NONBIZARRE SPEECH AS A FUNCTION OF THE CONTENT OF VERBAL ATTENTION
Author(s) -
DeLeon Iser G.,
Arnold Kristie L.,
RodriguezCatter Vanessa,
Uy Michelle L.
Publication year - 2003
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.2003.36-101
Subject(s) - psychology , content (measure theory) , content analysis , nonverbal communication , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , mathematical analysis , social science , mathematics , sociology
A functional analysis suggested that the bizarre speech of an individual with developmental disabilities was maintained by attention. The content of verbal attention was manipulated in two subsequent analyses and revealed that (a) bizarre speech was more frequent when attention was related to the participant's bizarre speech and (b) the participant's statements tended to reflect the content of the therapist's attention, whether bizarre or nonbizarre.