Psychology GCSE

Token economy programmes

What Token economy programmes means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

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Use operant conditioning in institutions like prisons, where offenders earn tokens for pro-social behaviours that are exchanged for rewards.

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