The Contract Clause of the Constitution Prevents States from Retroactively

question 85

True/False

The Contract Clause of the Constitution prevents states from retroactively modifying public charters and private contracts.

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Definitions:

Contingency Management

The use of contingent reinforcement and nonreinforcement to increase the frequency of appropriate behavior and eliminate inappropriate behaviors

Contingency

The specified relationship between a specific behavior and reinforcement

Conditioning

Conditioning is a process in psychology in which a response becomes more frequent or more predictable in a given environment due to reinforcement.

Behavioral Contrast

A phenomenon in operant conditioning where the rate of response to one stimulus changes when the reinforcement conditions are modified for another stimulus.