How a stimulus or some property of a stimulus acquires control over a given form of response is now fairly well understood. The form of a response is shaped by the contingencies prevailing in a verbal community. A given form is brought under stimulus control through the differential reinforcement of our three-term contingency. (p. 115)
Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 5: The Tact. Quote 26
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