Listener Responding
Also called: receptive language, receptive identification, LR, LRFFC
Definition
Nonverbal behavior under the control of someone else's verbal behavior — following an instruction, touching the named picture, handing over the requested item. It is the listener's half of a verbal episode. Listener responding by feature, function and class extends it to items identified by description rather than by name.
In plain language
Doing what words tell you, like pointing to the picture someone names or handing over the item they asked for. It is understanding shown by action.
Example
Told "touch the one you eat with," the learner touches the picture of a fork.
Not listener responding
The learner says "fork" when shown a fork. Naming is a tact, a speaker skill.
See also
Written from
- skinner-1957
- sundberg-michael-2001
Written from Skinner (1957) and Sundberg and Michael (2001). No textbook glossary consulted.
This entry has not yet been through clinical review. Treat it as a draft.