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Generalized Verbal Control and Correspondence Training

Julie A. Williams

Pamela G. Osnes

Trevor F. Stokes

West Virginia University

This study investigated generalization and maintenance of verbal control over nonverbal behavior in a preschool child. In a multiple baseline design across responses, verbal control initially was found to be well developed, but decreased with repeated tests for generalization and maintenance. A brief correspondence training phase was then implemented. During this phase, reinforcement was made contingent on both promising to engage in and actually engaging in a target response. Subsequently, verbal control was recovered. Generalization of verbal control to several untrained responses and maintenance over time were documented in a multiple baseline across-responses design. This study demonstrated the utility of correspondence training in promoting durable verbal control of a variety of responses and in recovering transitory verbal control.

Behavior Modification, Vol. 9, No. 4, 477-489 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/01454455850094005


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