Taylor I, O'Reilly M F
Department of Psychology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland.
J Appl Behav Anal. 1997 Spring;30(1):43-58. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1997.30-43.
We developed a methodology, derived from the theoretical literatures on rule-governed behavior and private events, to experimentally investigate the relationship between covert verbal self-regulation and nonverbal behavior. The methodology was designed to assess whether (a) nonverbal behavior was under the control of covert rules and (b) verbal reports of these rules were functionally equivalent to the covert rules that control non-verbal behavior. The research was conducted in the context of teaching shopping skills to persons with mild intellectual disabilities using a self-instruction training format. In Phase 1, 4 participants were successfully taught to perform shopping skills using overt and covert self-instructions. The self-instructions were then blocked under overt and covert self-instruction conditions, which resulted in a reversal of shopping skills to baseline levels. This indicated that the overt and covert self-instructions might be controlling responding. In Phase 2, we demonstrated that the self-instructions, when used as external directives, produced successful shopping with 3 other participants. By demonstrating that self-rules can produce correct responding when used as external directives, we were more confident that it was the self-instructions and not other verbal or nonverbal behavior that controlled responding under overt, covert, and blocking conditions in Phase 1.
我们开发了一种源自关于规则支配行为和私人事件的理论文献的方法，以实验方式研究隐蔽言语自我调节与非言语行为之间的关系。该方法旨在评估：（a）非言语行为是否受隐蔽规则的控制；（b）这些规则的言语报告在功能上是否等同于控制非言语行为的隐蔽规则。这项研究是在使用自我指导训练形式向轻度智力障碍者教授购物技能的背景下进行的。在第一阶段，4名参与者通过公开和隐蔽的自我指导成功学会了执行购物技能。然后在公开和隐蔽的自我指导条件下阻断自我指导，这导致购物技能恢复到基线水平。这表明公开和隐蔽的自我指导可能在控制反应。在第二阶段，我们证明，当自我指导用作外部指令时，另外3名参与者成功完成了购物。通过证明自我规则用作外部指令时可以产生正确的反应，我们更有信心认为，在第一阶段的公开、隐蔽和阻断条件下，是自我指导而非其他言语或非言语行为控制了反应。
