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. 2002 Winter;35(4):419-22.
doi: 10.1901/jaba.2002.35-419.

Effects of mand-tact versus tact-only training on the acquisition of tacts

Erik Arntzen  1 , Inger Karin Almås
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Effects of mand-tact versus tact-only training on the acquisition of tacts

Erik Arntzen et al. J Appl Behav Anal. 2002 Winter.

Abstract

We sought to replicate and extend Carroll and Hesse's (1987) study of the acquisition of tacts by including participants with and without developmental disabilities. As in Carroll and Hesse, the present results showed that mand-tact training, rather than tact-only training, led to more rapid acquisition of tacts. Tacting on follow-up tests did not differ. In addition, our results show that mand-tact training established both verbal operants involved about as rapidly as tact-only training established only one verbal operant.

Descriptors: verbal behavior, tact acquisition, mand-tact training, tact-only training, follow-up

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