Question

Shane and Toya are getting married. During their ceremony the officiant says, "Repeat after me," and both Shane and Toya take turns repeating the vows vocalized to them by the officiant. In this example, Shane and Toya's behavior of repeating after the officiant is considered what type of vocal operant?

Answer 1

Answer:

Echoic

Explanation:

Verbal operant is simply the unit of analysis in verbal behavior(Verbal Behavior that is behavior that is reinforced through the mediation of another person's behavior. It involves social interaction between speaker and Listener).

Echoic as a type of verbal operant is defined simply as that which occurs when a speaker repeats the verbal behavior of another speaker. A common example is when a mother who was driving, mumbles a curse word under her breath. Her son is in the backseat and shouts the same curse word.Echoic behavior produces a Generalized conditioned reinforcement (GCSR) example is praise. It is repeating what one heard.