?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Verbal+concept+%22mediators%22+as+simple+operants&rft.creator=Verplanck%2C+W+S&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Behavioral+Analysis&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=A+series+of+experiments+is+summarized%2C+in+historical+rather+than+logical+order.+The+results+of+these+experiments+indicate+that+one+type+of+verbal+operant%2C+the+notate%2C+a+discriminated+verbal+response+%5BFor+the+usage+of+the+terms+response+and+stimulus%2C+see+stimulus+(3)%2C+in+the+writers+glossary+(Verplanck%2C+1957).+See+also%2C+Stimulus+III+(Verplanck%2C+1954)%3B+and+Gibson+(1960).%5D+by+a+subject+to+stimuli+experimentally+presented%2C+occurs+in+at+least+four+kinds+of+situations%2C+%22concept-identification%2C%22+%22problem-solving%2C%22+%22association%22+and+%22conditioning.%22+In+two+of+these+it+becomes+chained+with+other+such+operants%2C+to+form+the+notant--a+fuller+verbal+statement+about+the+environment%2C+or+the+monent--a+self-administered+instruction%2C+that+is%2C+an+SD+for+further+behavior.+All+three+classes+of+operant%2C+each+behaving+slightly+differently+from+one+another+in+behavior%2C+seem+to+constitute+the+behavioral+basis+of+statements+about+%22hypotheses.%22+Unlike+%22mediating+responses%2C%22+or+%22processes%2C%22+these+verbal+behaviors+are+not+theoretically+inferred%2C+or+indirectly+manipulated%2C+but+rather+are+subject+to+direct+experimental+investigation.+The+relationship+of+their+strength+to+the+strength+of+the+behaviors+that+they+control+is+demonstrable.&rft.date=1992&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F608%2F1%2Fbiblio46.html&rft.identifier=++Verplanck%2C+W+S++(1992)+Verbal+concept+%22mediators%22+as+simple+operants.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F608%2F