Are Emergent Relations Really Emergent?

Previously known as Rants with Justin & Joe, It Has to be Said with Justin & Joe is a monthly podcast during which Justin, Joe, and their guests discuss topics that are pertinent to behavior analysis and intervention for autistics/individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Each episode involves an open and frank discussion about the topic.  

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During this episode we chat with Hank Schlinger and Elbert (Eb) Blakely. Hank is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles and the author of Introduction to Scientific Psychology, A Behavior Analytic View of Child Development, and How to Build Good Behavior and Self-Esteem in Children. Eb is an Assistant Professor at Florida Institute of Technology, where he teaches courses in applied behavior analysis, radical behaviorism, and behavior pharmacology. He also provides consultation to organizations and providers who deliver ABA services to children and adults. We chat with Hank and Eb about a Mediational Account of Equivalence and Verbal Relations. 

 A mediational theory of equivalence relations and transformation of function

CEU OBJECTIVES: 

Listeners will be able to describe a mediational account of equivalence and verbal relations. 

Listeners will be able to describe at least one example of how a mediational account of equivalence and verbal relations relates to practice. 

Listeners will be able to how a mediational account of equivalence and verbal relations differs from other accounts of so-called emergent or derived relations. 

RESOURCES: 

Article in press 

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Hayes, S. C., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Roche, B. (2001). Relational frame theory: A post-Skinnerian account of human language and cognition. New York: Plenum.  

Blakely, E., & Schlinger, H. (1987). Rules: Function-altering contingency-specifying stimuli. The Behavior Analyst, 10(2), 183-187. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392428  

Schlinger, H. D., Jr., & Blakely, E. (1994). A descriptive taxonomy of environmental operations and its implications for behavior analysis. The Behavior Analyst, 17(1), 43-57. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392652  

Schlinger, H. D. (2008). Listening is behaving verbally. The Behavior Analyst, 31(2), 145-161. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03392168  

McIntire, K. D., Cleary, J., & Thompson, T. (1987). Conditional relations by monkeys: Reflexivity, symmetry, and transitivity. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 47(3), 279 - 285. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1987.47-279