| Summary: | The phenomenon of audience control (Skinner, 1957) can be interpreted as a form of second-order conditional control, in which the audience functions as the second-order conditional stimulus. Such an interpretation allows for a detailed, systematic analysis of the stimulus relations involved in language repertoire selection (as with bilingualism). Furthermore, the use of equivalence technology to teach equivalent audience class membership may provide an efficient methodology
for maximizing the potential of teaching the complex stimulus-stimulus relations involved in bilingualism. Despite this, relatively little research has been conducted which investigates this potential. The purpose of the current study was three-fold: (a) to extend the literature on second-order conditional control via audience class membership, (b) to examine whether equivalence technology could be utilized to teach functional equivalence class membership using arbitrary auditory and
visual stimuli, and (c) to determine whether emergent class-consistent responding would occur.
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