8.19 Sample Relational Frames
The RFT position is that during normal language training, we learn many types of relational responding as generalized operants. Each generalized form of relational responding is a type of relational frame, and each can be applied to virtually any set of stimuli.
Click on a category name below to learn more about it and to see a sample frame for that family.
Relations of sameness, similarity, or identity
Relations of difference or distinction
Relations of opposition
Relations of comparison (usually along a specific dimension)
Relations dealing with the arrangement of objects in space
Relations of comparison along the dimension of hierarchical class membership
Relations of comparison along the dimension of time
Relations specifying causality (cause-effect) or conditionality (if-then)
Relations specified in terms of the perspective of the speaker
