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Saying and doing: A commentary on a contingency-space analysis.

T F Stokes1, P G Osnes

  • 1Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
|July 1, 1987
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This study examines the relationship between verbal regulation of behavior and actual actions. It simplifies the complex contingency-space analysis to determine if saying and doing align, focusing on applied and clinical significance.

Area of Science:

  • Behavioral Psychology
  • Verbal Behavior Analysis

Background:

  • The contingency-space analysis (Matthews, Shimoff, & Catania, 1987) offers a framework for understanding the verbal regulation of behavior.
  • Applied perspectives suggest this framework may be unnecessarily complex for practical use.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically evaluate the complexity of the contingency-space analysis in the context of verbal regulation of behavior.
  • To emphasize the applied and clinical importance of the correspondence between verbalizations and behavior.
  • To guide future research directions in this area.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of the contingency-space analysis model.
  • Review of existing literature on the relationship between verbal behavior and action.
  • Focus on applied and clinical implications rather than intricate theoretical models.

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Main Results:

  • The relationship between saying and doing can be understood more simply than the contingency-space analysis suggests.
  • Correspondence between verbal reports and behavior is a key issue in applied research.

Conclusions:

  • A simplified approach to understanding the link between verbalizations and behavior is sufficient for applied and clinical purposes.
  • Further research should prioritize the practical implications of verbal-behavior correspondence.