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10.6 Thematic Control Example #2

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If you see an actual alligator and say “alligator,” the type of control is thematic because there is no point-to-point correspondence between the stimulus and the response. The head of the alligator does not control the “al” and the tail does not control the “gator.”

Thematic Control

When a controlling variable evokes a response and has the following features:

There is NO point-to-point correspondence between the controlling variable and the response

Whether or not there is formal similarity between the controlling variable and the response

Formal characteristics of either the controlling variable or the response

Dynamic characteristics of either the controlling variable or the response

An alligator is standing next to a woman in a 10.6 thematic control example #2.
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