The discussion was over using things like poker chips for reinforcement and the point is exactly right.

这是关于应用筹码等物来强化行为的问题,她说的十分正确。

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And through this way behaviorists have developed token economies where they get nonhuman animals to do interesting things for seemingly arbitrary rewards like poker chips.

通过这种方式,行为主义者们发明了代币法,他们用一种特定的类似于扑克筹码的奖励,来训练非人类动物。

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So for instance, institutions like mental institutions and some prisons have installed token economies where there's rewards for good behavior, often poker chips of a sort.

比如像精神病院和监狱这样的机构,都引入了代币法,来奖励良好行为，这些代币通常是扑克筹码一类的东西。

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Since the connection with the poker chips is established through classical conditioning, sooner or later by that logic the poker chips would lose their power to serve as reinforcers.

因为与扑克筹码有关的联结,是通过经典条件作用建立的，所以按照这种逻辑,扑克筹码迟早会失去强化物的作用。

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