Introductory Concepts
Elementary Relationships
Extensions of Verbal Behavior
Multiple Controlling Relationships
Building on the Elementary Relationships
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11.4 Echoic Behavior Example #1

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Speaking non-technically, echoic behavior involves saying what you have just heard someone say. Saying “echoic” as the result of hearing someone say “echoic” is an example of echoic behavior.

Echoic Behavior

A form of verbal behavior with the following features:

The response is vocal

It is controlled by a prior auditory verbal stimulus

There is point-to-point correspondence between the stimulus and the response

There is formal similarity between the prior stimulus and the response-product

Formal and dynamic characteristics of both the stimulus and the response

The “meaning” of either the stimulus or the response

Whether or not the current response is reinforced

Two speech bubbles demonstrating echoic behavior by repeating the word "ethos.
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