Contingency-shaped behavior
When a behavior is learned and directly controlled by the consequences that follow it.
B.18 Identify and distinguish between rule-governed and contingency-shaped behavior.
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BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section B-13: Define and provide examples of rule-governed and contingency-shaped behavior.
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Rule-governed behavior
A verbal description of a behavioral contingency in which behavior comes under the control of consequences that are too delayed to influence behavior directly.