ABSTRACT
“Name of,” the relation between a word and its referent, was taught on the basis of two positive and two negative exemplars. The positive exemplars were “apple” and the object apple and “banana” and the object banana. The negative ones were “apple” and the object banana and “banana” and the object apple, formed simply by recombining the positive ones. Although nearly all words have been introduced with the use of both positive and negative exemplars—and these have been sufficient conditions for introducing words—we cannot yet say whether they are necessary ones (see page 269 for suggestive evidence on this point). To exemplify “name of it was not necessary presumably to have used specifically the relation between an object and its name. The relation between an actor and his or her name or that between an action, for example, giving, cutting, etc., and its associated name might have been used as well. Nothing is more convenient, however, than the permanent and highly docile object. Apples and bananas can be moved from one location to another without complaint and replenished as needed.
