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identification–production distinction

a hypothesis about priming that amends the distinction commonly made for tests of implicit memory—that is, between perceptual tests that tap perceptual processing of the surface features of a stimulus and conceptual tests that tap conceptual processing of meaning or semantic information. Instead, it proposes a distinction that emphasizes different processing demands between tests that require the production of a response and those that require identification or verification regarding some property of an item. For example, word-stem completion (a perceptual test) and the category production test (a conceptual test) require, respectively, that participants produce a whole word (e.g., strong) from a word stem (e.g., str__) or produce an item (e.g., strawberry) that belongs to a given category (e.g., types of fruit). In contrast, perceptual identification (a perceptual test) and category verification (a conceptual test) require, respectively, that participants identify a physical property of a stimulus or verify whether items are members of a given category. Also called identification–production hypothesis. See implicit memory test). [proposed by U.S. psychologist John D. E. Gabrieli and colleagues]

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functional communication training

functional communication training

a behavior therapy technique used with children and adults diagnosed with developmental impairments, such as autism or intellectual disability, who are exhibiting aggressive, self-injurious, or highly disruptive behavior. The technique assesses the function that the negative behavior serves and uses positive reinforcement to replace it with more appropriately adaptive communication or behavior that meets the same need.