A Critical Review of Mace and Lalli’s Linking Descriptive and Experimental Analyses in the Treatment of Bizarre Speech
Mace and Lalli were interested in identifying the environmental contingencies maintaining a 46-year-old man, Mitch, with a moderate intellectual disability’s “bizarre speech” and vocalizations. (p. 553, 1991) The article states that operational definitions are available from the authors upon request, but it does provide a brief overview of what constitutes bizarre/unusual vocalizations or statements. For the purposes of this article, bizarre vocalizations are described as including “self-talk, statements unrelated to the topic being discussed, and mumbling.” (p. 554, 1991) The article notes that they were often accompanied
Mace and Lalli were interested in identifying the environmental contingencies maintaining a 46-year-old man, Mitch, with a moderate intellectual disability’s “bizarre speech” and vocalizations. (p. 553, 1991) The article states that operational definitions are available from the authors upon request, but it does provide a brief overview of what constitutes bizarre/unusual vocalizations or statements. For the purposes of this article, bizarre vocalizations are described as including “self-talk, statements unrelated to the topic being discussed, and mumbling.” (p. 554, 1991) The article notes that they were often accompanied