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single alternation

single alternation

in experimental research, a pattern in which one kind of event alternates with another. For example, in an operant conditioning experiment, a reinforced trial (R) may alternate with a nonreinforced trial (N), yielding the pattern RNRNRN . . . . See also double alternation.

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