A verbal operant where the speaker repeats a verbal stimulus heard is called?

A verbal operant where the speaker repeats a verbal stimulus heard is called?

• A. Tact
• B. Echoic
• C. Mand
• D. Intraverbal

Answer: (B)

Echoic is a verbal operant in which the speaker repeats a verbal stimulus exactly as it is heard. The antecedent is an auditory verbal stimulus, and the response mirrors that stimulus point-for-point in form. For example, if someone says “ball,” the speaker repeats “ball.” This exact echoing is what defines the echoic operant. This is distinct from a tact, which labels objects or events in the environment, a mand, which requests or demands something due to a motivating operation, and an intraverbal, which provides a response to a verbal stimulus that does not imitate the original spoken form.

Echoic is a verbal operant in which the speaker repeats a verbal stimulus exactly as it is heard. The antecedent is an auditory verbal stimulus, and the response mirrors that stimulus point-for-point in form. For example, if someone says “ball,” the speaker repeats “ball.” This exact echoing is what defines the echoic operant.

This is distinct from a tact, which labels objects or events in the environment, a mand, which requests or demands something due to a motivating operation, and an intraverbal, which provides a response to a verbal stimulus that does not imitate the original spoken form.