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| Collaborating in the Study of Naming and Incidental Naming |
| Saturday, May 24, 2025 |
| 3:00 PM–3:50 PM |
| Convention Center, Street Level, 154 AB |
| Area: PCH/EDC; Domain: Theory |
| Chair: Dermot Barnes-Holmes (Ulster University) |
| MARTHA PELAEZ (Florida International University) |
| R. DOUGLAS GREER (Professor Emeritus Columbia University Teachers College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) |
| JENNIFER LONGANO (Fred S. Keller School) |
| Abstract: The behavior-analytic literature distinguishes between two broad types of naming. Directly reinforced naming is called Bidirectional Naming, and non-reinforced naming is called Incidental Bidirectional Naming. According to verbal behavior development theory incidental naming is a verbal behavioral cusp and greatly facilitates rapid new language acquisition as a result. According to Relational Frame Theory, studies of incidental naming typically involve presenting contextual cues that potentially serve to establish the name relations between an object and its name. Consequently, contextual cues may be critical in the emergence of incidental naming responses, but there are no published studies that have systematically tested this interpretation. These different but not necessarily conflicting approaches to the study of naming raise the possibility of collaborative efforts among behavior-analytic researchers. The current panel will discuss the broad area of naming research, including research on incidental naming, and consider how collaboration across the different approaches to naming may be encouraged, facilitated, and ultimately realized in future research efforts. |
| Instruction Level: Intermediate |
| Keyword(s): Derived, Incidental, Naming |
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