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Indiscriminable contingencies

Arrangements in which the learner cannot tell which responses or occasions will produce reinforcement, so responding continues across occasions.

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Homework is checked on random days, so students complete it every day.

Can you spot indiscriminable contingencies in a scenario?

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BCBA G.16 · Behavior-Change ProceduresMaintaining change after intervention: schedule thinning and natural reinforcers
BCBA G.15 · Behavior-Change ProceduresProgramming for stimulus and response generalization

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Contrived mediating stimulus
Contrived reinforcers
Fixed ratio
General case analysis
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