Introductory Concepts
Elementary Relationships
Extensions of Verbal Behavior
Multiple Controlling Relationships
Building on the Elementary Relationships
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6.1 Definition of Establishing Operation

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An establishing operation is an environmental change or event that precedes the response to which it is functionally related and increases the effectiveness of a particular stimulus change as reinforcement.

Establishing Operation

An environmental change or event with the following features:

Precedes the response to which it is functionally related

Increases the effectiveness of a particular stimulus change as reinforcement

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