A student would like to change his study habits by applying what he knows about reinforcement contingencies to his routines. He has written down the basic rules that he plans to follow. All of the student's rules are correct EXCEPT for which one?

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Reinforcement should be contingent on the behavior you want to occur to strengthen the occurrence of that behavior. Making reinforcement non-contingent would not effectively change the behavior.  Reinforcement should be contingent on exactly the behavior he would like to change. If reinforcers are not contingent, their presence has little effect on behavior.

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