Conducta Verbal de B.F. Skinner: un análisis retrospectivo

Verbal Behavior by B.F. Skinner, represents a systematic extrapolation of the conceptsand principles of operant conditioning to account for language as behavior. I examine thelogic and conceptual deficiencies of Skinner’s formulation, based upon the analysis of alimited number of problems: a) the de...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Emilio Ribes-Iñesta
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:México
Institución:Universidad de Guadalajara
Repositorio:Redalyc-UDG
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:56080307
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56080307
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Psicología
taxonomy
listener
Verbal behavior
mediated reinforcement
discriminated verbal operant
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Sumario:Verbal Behavior by B.F. Skinner, represents a systematic extrapolation of the conceptsand principles of operant conditioning to account for language as behavior. I examine thelogic and conceptual deficiencies of Skinner’s formulation, based upon the analysis of alimited number of problems: a) the definition of verbal behavior, b) the selection of the‘word’ as the dominant unit of analysis, c) the morphological nature of the taxonomy ofverbal behavior, d) the lack of systematicness of such classification, e) the establishmentof discriminated verbal operants, and f) the logical and functional distinction between themand, the tact, and the intraverbal. It is stressed the importance of theoretical and conceptualanalyses for scientific progress.