The three-term contingency (also known as the ABC contingency) is a psychological model describing operant conditioning in three terms consisting of a behavior, its consequence, and the environmental context, as applied in contingency management. The three-term contingency was first defined by B. F. Skinner in the early 1950s.[1] It is often used within ABA to alter the frequency of socially significant human behavior.
- ^ Skinner, B. F. (Burrhus Frederic) (1953). Science and human behavior. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 0029290406. OCLC 191686.