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Peer reviewedSigafoos, Jeff; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1989
A study of the acquisition of mands (requests) and tacts (labels) relating to food and eating utensils in three individuals with severe mental retardation revealed that responses acquired as tacts did not readily occur as mands, but spontaneous manding was developed through a stimulus control transfer procedure. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adults, Conditioning, Generalization, Language Skills
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Direct linkWallace, Michele D.; Iwata, Brian A.; Hanley, Gregory P. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2006
We examined some conditions under which a response acquired as a tact might facilitate the establishment of a mand. We taught 3 participants with developmental disabilities to tact the items ranked highest and lowest in a preference assessment and subsequently tested to see if the responses occurred as mands. All participants manded for the highly…
Descriptors: Needs, Responses, Developmental Disabilities, Verbal Communication
