title: Emergence of intra verbal antonyms in children with pervasive developmental disorder.
abstract: In the type of intraverbal that consists of saying the opposite of a word, two intraverbals are related to one another because the response form of each intraverbal functions as part of a discriminative stimulus for the other (e.g., "cold" in response to "name the opposite of hot," and vice versa). Moreover, the contextual cue "Name the opposite of--" is the same in the two intraverbals. The purpose of the present research was to explore a procedure designed to promote emergence of intraverbals of this type. Two children with pervasive developmental disorder learned pairs of intraverbals. Thereafter, they were tested for emergence of intraverbals with reversed stimulus-response functions. Results indicate that, although the participants did not initially show emergence of intraverbals with reversed stimulus-response functions, repeated cycles of probing and teaching facilitated emergence of these relations.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología, University of Oviedo, Plaza Feijoo s/n, Oviedo 33003, Asturias, Spain. laperez@uniovi.es
authors.forename: Luis Antonio
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Pérez-González
authors.forename: Lorena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: García-Asenjo
authors.forename: Gladys
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: José Julio
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Carnerero
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012660:Semantics; D012919:Social Behavior; D014163:Transfer, Psychology; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology*