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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
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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.

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:

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  • 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.