A budding author wishes to improve her typing, which leaves much to be desired in speed and accuracy. In the following program that she sets up for herself, which is the contingent reinforcer?
a. keeping a careful record of her current rates of speed and accuracy
b. practicing her typing at frequent intervals
c. watching her favorite TV program whenever she improves either in her speed or her
accuracy by a certain amount
d. making sure that there are no distractions around when she is typing
c
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