Rule-Governed vs. Contingency-Shaped

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What is rule-governed behavior?

Behavior controlled by a verbal statement describing a contingency.

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What is contingency-shaped behavior?

Behavior acquired through direct experience with contingencies.

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Someone says, “If you touch the hot stove, you will get burned,” and the child avoids the stove. Rule-governed or contingency-shaped?

Rule-governed behavior.

The child is responding based on a verbal description rather than direct experience.

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A child touches a hot stove, gets burned, and later avoids touching it. Rule-governed or contingency-shaped?

Contingency-shaped behavior.

The behavior changed through direct contact with the consequence.