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Some relations between verbal
and non- verbal behavior in clinical context: emphasis on metaphorical
tacts, emotions and instructed behavior. Maria Martha Hübner Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil From Skinner´s ( 1957) analysis of tacts extension and from Catania´s ( 1996) data of verbal and non- verbal interactions, this paper discusses two functions verbal behavior can assume in behavior therapy: the first one, as an indicator of emotions and the second, as a modifier of non-verbal behavior. The prime possibility can occur through functional analysis of the client´s metaphorical extended tacts, which is defined as a verbal response mediated by emotion. Some clients specific metaphorical tacts are presented and related to their emotional behavior, suggesting that this kind of tacts may indicate data of this nature. Also, some therapeutic procedures are indicated as easier ways to obtain metaphorical tacts than interviews. When metaphors occur, emotional variables can be found. This is possible when there is no similarity between the stimuli the speaker "associates" in his metaphor. The common effect of both stimuli- an emotional response - should have mediated the extension of the response. Verbal behavior can also works as an instruction . An experiment is presented, where verbal operants concerning " reading interest " were shaped. The objective was to increase the frequency of reading behavior in children with low interest in reading. Keywords: metaphorical tacts, tacts extension, verbal behavior, non- verbal behavior, behavioral therapy |
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