Complete the readings and the interactive learning activity before you attempt the discussion question.

Using the textbooks and other scholarly sources to help guide you, define each of the elementary verbal operants; identify whether each operant has point-to-point correspondence and/or formal similarity, along with the kind of reinforcement that will function to maintain that verbal behavior. Finally, provide a real-life example of each operant from your own experience, identifying the specific SD that may evoke each verbal operant and the contingencies that occur as a result of that verbal behavior.

• Review two of your classmate's responses using the following ideas as a guide:
• Review your peer's response for accuracy in defining and identifying the characteristics of each verbal operant. Provide constructive feedback accordingly.
• Is each of the examples an accurate representation of the target operant with regard to the identification of the three-term contingency? Provide an alternate suggestion for SD's or reinforcement of the verbal behavior as needed.
• Ask at least one thoughtful follow-up question.