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ECHOIC: When there is point-to-point correspondence between the stimulus
and response, verbal behavior may be classified as echoic. A further requirement is that the verbal
stimulus and the echoic response must
be in the same mode (auditory, visual, etc.) and have exact
physical resemblance (e.g., same sound pattern). An echoic is a class of verbal operants regulated by a
verbal stimulus in which there is correspondence and topographic
similarity between the stimulus and response. Saying "This is a
dog" to the spoken stimulus "This is a dog" is an example of an
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ECHOIC BEHAVIOR:
A formal verbal class in which a vocal verbal stimulus occasions a corresponding vocal verbal response. The correspondence is defined by the one-to-one relation of verbal units (e.g., phonemes or words), and not by acoustic similarity. Cf. DICTATION-TAKING, TEXTUAL BEHAVIOR, TRANSCRIPTION.
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ECHOIC MEMORY:
See REMEMBERING
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ECOBEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT: Studying behavior in relation to its context-ongoing and previous
contingencies. Ecobehavioral assessment
considers how a behavior change may affect and be affected by
contextual conditions as well as by changes in the social and
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EDIBLE REINFORCER:
Food with a reinforcing function. 10
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EDUCATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE:
An assessment that considers whether change occurred as a function of the program, the intervention was implemented as specified, and if the intervention was beneficial to the student and those in his or her environment. 22
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EFFECT, LAW OF:
See LAW OF EFFECT
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EIDETIC MEMORY:
Sometimes called photographic memory, a rare type of remembering, usually in children, in which visual stimuli are described in detail, as if seen, long after they were presented.
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ELABORATIVE REHEARSAL:
See REHEARSAL
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ELICIT: A verb used to denote the effect of an antecedent conditioned or
unconditioned stimulus on a conditioned or unconditioned response
in respondent or classical conditioning of reflexes. In describing
the salivary reflex of a dog, we would say that meat elicits salivation. Following conditioning, another
stimulus, such as a tone, also might elicit salivation. See also Respondent behavior. 16 |
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