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Tim suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd). his teachers and parents reward him with stars for desirable behaviors. the more stars he receives, the greater the reward he can get. this is known as ___________.

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This is known as "a token economy."

A token economy is a type of conduct alteration intended to increment desirable behavior and reduction unfortunate conduct with the utilization of tokens. People get tokens quickly after showing desirable behavior. As in the given scenario Tim gets stars.
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