Introductory Concepts
Elementary Relationships
Extensions of Verbal Behavior
Multiple Controlling Relationships
Building on the Elementary Relationships
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20.6 First Type of Audience Control

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The audience has three different types of control. First, if a stimulus such as a dog evokes only the response “dog,” then the presence or absence of the audience determines the occurrence of the response in an all or none fashion.

A black and tan dog with a speech bubble demonstrating 20.6 First Type of Audience Control.
Audience
A black and tan dog sitting.
No Audience

Audience

A type of controlling variable with the following features:

The audience is usually a listener in the presence of whom verbal behavior is typically reinforced

It controls a group of response forms

Whether or not the listener provides reinforcement for the current response

The size or specific nature of the response forms controlled

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