Introductory Concepts
Elementary Relationships
Extensions of Verbal Behavior
Multiple Controlling Relationships
Building on the Elementary Relationships
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37.5 Formal Prompts and Probes

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Both a prompt and a probe may be either formal or thematic. If the source of stimulation has partial point-to-point correspondence with the response, then it is a formal prompt or probe, as in the case with echoic or textual stimuli.

Prompt/Probe

A discriminative stimulus with the following features:

It is a supplementary stimulus

The person providing the supplementary stimulus can identify the response that the speaker is likely to emit

It is a supplementary stimulus

The person providing the supplementary stimulus cannot identify the response that the speaker is likely to emit

Whether the controlling relationship is formal or thematic

Who provides the supplementary stimulus (either another person or the speaker him or herself)

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