Fig. 4.

Molecular Coordinated Operant Contingencies. Note. Dotted arrows denote correlations between responding and environmental alterations. The group contingency in the top panel depicts reinforcing events contingent on the operant behavior of three individuals that are not interlocking. The group contingency in the middle panel depicts reinforcing events contingent on the operant behavior of two individuals that are interlocking. The contingency in the bottom panel depicts reinforcing events contingent on two environmental alterations produced by the operant behavior of one individual. It is important to note that, in some settings, events may only have “reinforcing” functions because they are discriminative of other events