Introductory Concepts
Elementary Relationships
Extensions of Verbal Behavior
Multiple Controlling Relationships
Building on the Elementary Relationships
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37.7 Self-Prompts and Self-Probes

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A final point is that the speaker can supply themself with the prompt or probe; it needn’t be another person. Notice that this makes the prompt situation more likely since often the speaker will be affected by the primary source.

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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