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1 Conditioned Transitive Motivating Operation (CMO-T) Vincent J. Carbone IESCUM December 2014

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2 CEO-T:Definition & animal example CEO-T: An environmental variable related to the relation between another stimulus and some form of rfmt, and thus establishes the reinforcing effectiveness of the other stimulus, evokes all behavior that has produced that stimulus. Examples: UEOs function as CEO-Ts for stimuli that are S r s because of their relation to the relevant S R. For example: When deprived of food and food is only available by opening a can, then a can opener will be conditioned as a reinforcer and all behavior that has produced can openers in the past will be evoked. What is the CEO-T- Food Deprivation and the context (food is only available from a can and no can opener is available)

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