Introductory Concepts
Elementary Relationships
Extensions of Verbal Behavior
Multiple Controlling Relationships
Building on the Elementary Relationships
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15.2 Review of Thematic Control

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Not all elementary verbal relationships have such point-to-point correspondence. We learned previously that if there is no point-to-point correspondence between the stimulus and the response, then we call the type of controlling relationship thematic. What follows are the types of elementary verbal relationships that are examples of thematic control. They are thematic because in most cases the controlling variable strengthens several responses. This fact will become clearer as each of the elementary relationships involving thematic control is presented.

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

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