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A PROCEDURE FOR STUDYING ECHOIC CONTROL IN VERBAL BEHAVIOR 1
Author(s) -
Boe Rodlyn,
Winokur Stephen
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1978.30-213
Subject(s) - session (web analytics) , set (abstract data type) , word (group theory) , psychology , echoic memory , nonverbal communication , control (management) , cognitive psychology , computer science , communication , linguistics , artificial intelligence , cognition , world wide web , philosophy , neuroscience , programming language
Male and female college students answered standard questions about the women's liberation movement on three occasions. A set of target words was embedded in the questions, with one set used in Sessions 1 and 3, and a synonymous, but different set used in Session 2. The relative frequencies of usage of a given target word were directly related to whether the questions for that session contained the word. The results supported the hypothesis of echoics as proposed in Skinner's theory of verbal behavior.