#consequences

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What happens after the immediate result?

A decision can trigger responses that alter its initial effect. Requiring approval for every small purchase may reduce unnecessary orders, but it can also create queues and delay essential work. Second-order thinking follows the likely reactions beyond the first visible benefit or cost.

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reinforcement

Reinforcement is defined by what happens to behaviour

A consequence counts as reinforcement when it makes a behaviour more likely to occur again. Praise is not automatically reinforcing just because it is intended as a reward. If public praise makes someone avoid volunteering next time, it has not reinforced volunteering in that situation.

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