Verbal operants, broken down in a way that actually makes sense. Mand�Tact�Listener Responding�Intraverbal When you can see what they look like in real life, teaching language becomes clearer, more intentional, and more effective. �Save this for later or share it with your team. Want a quick-reference Verbal Operants visual for your team, clinic, or therapy room? Drop a ❤️ and we’ll send it to you! #launguagedevelopment #VerbalBehavior #BCBASupport #ABAResources #BehaviorAnalysis | How to ABA

Verbal behavior example in everyday life. In 1957, BF Skinner wrote the book Verbal Behavior. Skinner said that language is a behavior and can best be broken down in the same three-term contingency we use to analyze all behavior. There’s an antecedent, a behavior happens, and a consequence occurs. Skinner looked at the function of language and gave them all different names (these are the verbal operants), such as mand, tact, intraverbal, echoic, listener responding, etc). He argued that language