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Preferred term

reinforcement schedule  

Definition

  • The relationship (either temporal or as determined by response frequency) between responding and the occurrence of consequences. Example: Each time the husband takes his wife shopping, she initiates sexual advances toward him that evening. [Source: The Dictionary of Family Psychology and Family Therapy; reinforcement schedule]

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