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Peer reviewedTaylor, Ian; O'Reilly, Mark F. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1997
A study of seven adults with mild mental retardation investigated whether nonverbal behavior was under the control of covert rules and whether verbal reports of these rules were functionally equivalent to the covert rules that control nonverbal behavior. Results indicated self-instructions, when used as external instructions, produced the desired…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Learning Strategies, Mild Mental Retardation
