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Saying and doing: A contingency-space analysis.

B A Matthews¹, E Shimoff, A C Catania

¹University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

|April 1, 1987

Summary

This study introduces a new taxonomy for understanding verbal and nonverbal behavior relations. It uses conditional probabilities to define correspondence classes, offering a framework for analyzing behavior sequences.

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Area of Science:

Behavioral Psychology
Cognitive Science
Linguistics

Background:

Understanding the relationship between what people say and do is crucial in behavioral science.
Previous analyses of nonverbal behavior utilized contingency spaces to map event probabilities.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel taxonomy for classifying verbal/nonverbal behavior relations.
To extend the utility of contingency spaces to the analysis of verbal and nonverbal response sequences.

Main Methods:

Derived a taxonomy of verbal/nonverbal behavior relations from a contingency space framework.
Incorporated two key conditional probabilities: nonverbal response given verbal response, and nonverbal response given absence of verbal response.

Main Results:

Defined 'positive correspondence' as a response class where nonverbal responding is probable given verbal responding, but otherwise low.
Established criteria for identifying other generalized correspondence classes, including negative correspondence.

Conclusions:

The proposed taxonomy provides a systematic method for organizing and analyzing complex verbal/nonverbal behavior interactions.
This framework enhances the understanding of how saying and doing correspond within behavioral sequences.

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