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Petursdottir, Anna Ingeborg; Devine, Bailey – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2017
B. F. Skinner's (1957) "Verbal Behavior" had a limited influence on empirical research in the first few decades following its publication, but an increase in empirical activity has been evident in recent years. The purpose of this article is to update previous analyses that have quantified the influence of "Verbal Behavior" on…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Behavior, Research, Verbal Operant Conditioning
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Dymond, S.; O'Hora, D.; Whelan, R.; O'Donovan, A. – Behavior Analyst, 2006
The present study undertook an updated citation analysis of Skinner's (1957) "Verbal Behavior". All articles that cited "Verbal Behavior" between 1984 and 2004 were recorded and content analyzed into one of five categories; four empirical and one nonempirical. Of the empirical categories, studies that employed a verbal operant from Skinner's…
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Verbal Communication, Classification, Verbal Operant Conditioning
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Dixon, Mark R.; Small, Stacey L.; Rosales, Rocio – Behavior Analyst, 2007
The present paper comments on and extends the citation analysis of verbal operant publications based on Skinner's "Verbal Behavior" (1957) by Dymond, O'Hora, Whelan, and O'Donovan (2006). Variations in population parameters were evaluated for only those studies that Dymond et al. categorized as empirical. Preliminary results indicate that the…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Citation Analysis, Verbal Operant Conditioning, Meta Analysis