RBT TRAINING MODULE 9 STUDY GUIDE
SUMMARY WITH TESTED QUESTIONS AND
100% CORRECT SOLUTIONS
◉Language Theory (Cognitive) . Answer: -Piaget
-Language is an internal cognitive process
-Stimulus control and reinforcement have little to do with language
development
-The cognitive concepts of expressive and receptive language are the
foundation of Speech - Language Interventions
◉Language Theory (Behavioral) . Answer: -Skinner
-Language is functional behavior
-Language is controlled by environmental stimuli and reinforcement
processes
, -Intensive early intervention ABA services are based on Skinner's
analysis of verbal behavior
◉Verbal Operant . Answer: A unit of verbal behavior that responds to
motivating operations and/or discriminative stimuli and functions to
obtain reinforcement from the environment.
◉What are the two ways that language is measured? . Answer:
Topographically (cognitive) & Functionally (behavioral)
◉Cognitive - Language is measured topographically... . Answer: how
frequently are various units of language used, and in what types of
situations
◉Behavioral - Language is measured functionally... . Answer: In ABC
format with the verbal operant as the unit of analysis (much like we
analyze our target behavior)
◉Cognitive language therapy . Answer: therapy is focused on what and
how you communicate
◉Behavioral language therapy . Answer: therapy is focused on why you
communicate
◉Cognitive Language Units . Answer: - phonemes/morphemes
SUMMARY WITH TESTED QUESTIONS AND
100% CORRECT SOLUTIONS
◉Language Theory (Cognitive) . Answer: -Piaget
-Language is an internal cognitive process
-Stimulus control and reinforcement have little to do with language
development
-The cognitive concepts of expressive and receptive language are the
foundation of Speech - Language Interventions
◉Language Theory (Behavioral) . Answer: -Skinner
-Language is functional behavior
-Language is controlled by environmental stimuli and reinforcement
processes
, -Intensive early intervention ABA services are based on Skinner's
analysis of verbal behavior
◉Verbal Operant . Answer: A unit of verbal behavior that responds to
motivating operations and/or discriminative stimuli and functions to
obtain reinforcement from the environment.
◉What are the two ways that language is measured? . Answer:
Topographically (cognitive) & Functionally (behavioral)
◉Cognitive - Language is measured topographically... . Answer: how
frequently are various units of language used, and in what types of
situations
◉Behavioral - Language is measured functionally... . Answer: In ABC
format with the verbal operant as the unit of analysis (much like we
analyze our target behavior)
◉Cognitive language therapy . Answer: therapy is focused on what and
how you communicate
◉Behavioral language therapy . Answer: therapy is focused on why you
communicate
◉Cognitive Language Units . Answer: - phonemes/morphemes
