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Concepts and Principles

Verbal operants: Verbal behavior and derived relations.

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Question

Difficulty: easy. Skill: recognize. Type: concept discrimination.

Adult client responds differently when the antecedent, consequence, or learning history changes. Which concept from verbal operants is most relevant? The case file includes 2 recent sessions, 2 implementers, and 1 setting.

A
Base the decision on the descriptive label for stopping work after corrective feedback and bypass verbal operants
B
Use a familiar protocol even though it does not address verbal behavior and derived relations
C
Rely on job coach's report alone and stop collecting direct evidence
D
Classify the verbal response by its controlling variables and consequences, not by its form alone in relation to adult client's stopping work after corrective feedback

Correct answer

Explanation

Answer D

The clue is the combination of duration data showing long pauses after feedback, stopping work after corrective feedback, and the required task: Verbal operants. The case file includes 2 recent sessions, 2 implementers, and 1 setting. Classify the verbal response by its controlling variables and consequences, not by its form alone in relation to adult client's stopping work after corrective feedback is best because it answers that clue through verbal behavior and derived relations instead of treating the scenario as a generic behavior problem. On exam items like this, name the decision point first, then eliminate options that rely on one report, a label, a familiar protocol, or an action that skips the relevant data check.

Why this question is hard

Clue
Key scenario clue

The clue is the combination of duration data showing long pauses after feedback, stopping work after corrective feedback, and the required task: Verbal operants. The case file includes 2 recent sessions, 2 implementers, and 1 setting.

Trap
Common trap

This is weaker because the label does not answer the Verbal operants decision point or test Verbal behavior and derived relations.

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Why the other choices are weaker

A
Choice A

This is weaker because the label does not answer the Verbal operants decision point or test Verbal behavior and derived relations.

B
Choice B

A familiar protocol is not enough unless it matches the assessed variables and the current decision question.

C
Choice C

Stakeholder input matters, but direct data, context, and integrity checks are still needed for a defensible answer.

Study tags

Verbal behavior and derived relationsVerbal operantsmandstacts

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