​Fading Is Implemented in a Token Economy

question 15

Multiple Choice

​Fading is implemented in a token economy:

• A) ​once the individual leaves the treatment program
• B) ​to decrease the probability that the behavior change will generalize
• C) ​because the components of the program are found in most everyday situations
• D) ​when natural reinforcement contingencies can be used to maintain the desired behavior

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