ABA glossary

Emergent relation

Also called derived relation

A correct stimulus-stimulus relation that appears without direct training or reinforcement of that relation; also called a derived relation.

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After learning spoken "dog" goes with the picture and the picture with the written word, a child matches the written word to spoken "dog."

Can you spot emergent relation in a scenario?

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BCBA B.21 · Concepts and PrinciplesEmergent relations and generative performance
BCBA G.19 · Behavior-Change ProceduresTeaching for emergent relations and generative performance

Arbitrary stimulus class
Equivalence class
Generative performance
Intraverbal
Matching-to-sample
Matrix training

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