Relational Frame Theory - RFT - correct answer ✔✔Theory about how humans acquire language through
interactions with their environment; designed to provide a practical & useful analysis of language &
cognition, not just an abstract explanation
Symbolism in Language - correct answer ✔✔Words refer to or stand for something else; words refer to
other things; what a word refers to is often its meaning
Generativity in Language - correct answer ✔✔AKA productivity; We can create and understand an
infinite number of meaningful sentences
Two key features of language - correct answer ✔✔Symbolism & generativity
Functional contextualism - correct answer ✔✔The philosophy of science that underlies RFT; focus on
physical, social & cultural settings an event occurs within & on a person's history of interacting with their
environment
Psychological Event - correct answer ✔✔Anything a person does; This includes events or behaviors that
are observable by others, such as smiling or walking, and events or behaviors that are not observable by
others, such as thinking and feeling.
Analytic Goal - correct answer ✔✔prediction and influence of psychological events
Method - correct answer ✔✔focus on MANIPULABLE variables in the context of psychological events
Manipulable variables - correct answer ✔✔things we can potentially change, modify, or manipulate
Context - correct answer ✔✔Refers to the current setting or environment in which the event occurs
(including physical, social, biological, and cultural features); Also refers to a person's learning history, or
lifelong history of interacting with his or her environment.
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