Murphy, Carol and Barnes-Holmes, Dermot and Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne (2005) Derived Manding in Children with Autism: Synthesizing Skinner's Verbal Behavior with Relational Frame Theory. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 38 (4). pp. 445-462. ISSN 0021-8855

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Abstract

Mand functions for two stimuli (A1 and A2) were trained for 3 children with autism and were then incorporated into two related conditional discriminations (A1-B1/A2 -B2 and B1-C1/B2-C2). Tests were conducted to probe for a derived transfer of mand response functions from A1 and A2 to C1 and C2, respectively. When 1 participant failed to demonstrate derived transfer of mand response functions, transfer training using exemplars was conducted. When participants had demonstrated derived transfer of mand functions, the X1 and X2 tokens that were employed as reinforcers for mand responses were incorporated into two conditional discriminations (X1-Y1/X2-Y2 and Y1-Z1/Y2-Z2). Tests were conducted for derived transfer of reinforcing functions. Finally, tests were conducted to determine if the participants would demonstrate derived manding for the derived reinforcers (present C1 and C2 to mand for Z1 and Z2, respectively). Derived transfer of functions was observed when the sequence of training and testing was reversed (i.e., training and testing reinforcing functions before mand response functions) and when only minimal instructions were provided.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	derived transfer; mands; language; autism spectrum disorder; children;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology
Item ID:	10612
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.2005.97-04
Depositing User:	Dr. Carol Murphy
Date Deposited:	06 Mar 2019 17:07
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
Publisher:	Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Refereed:	Yes
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Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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