15.58 ACT: Loosen or Weaken Verbal Relations
The Dark Side of Language
To counteract the dominance of verbal relations, establishing contexts that “loosen” or weaken particular verbal relations can be useful. These contexts discourage deriving stimulus relations for the purpose of “making sense” or providing reasons or a rationale for behavior.
The dominance of verbal relations
Bidirectional transformation of stimulus functions
Rampant rule following
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