A student who emits the verbal response "red" when a teacher shows a picture of a red ball and the verbal prompt "What color is the ball?" is demonstrating:
A) An echoic relation
B) An intraverbal relation
C) A mand relation
D) A tact relation

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The student is demonstrating a tact relation, which occurs when a verbal response (naming the color "red") is under the control of a non-verbal stimulus (the picture of the red ball) and is maintained by generalized conditioned reinforcement (social reinforcement, such as praise or acknowledgment from the teacher). This is different from echoic (repeating what is heard), intraverbal (a verbal response to a verbal stimulus that is not a repetition), and mand (a request).

A Student Who Emits the Verbal Response "Red" When a Teacher