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1. What effect do instructions and rules have on schedules of reinforcement?
2. What happens to rule following when the behavior is not reinforced?
3. Briefly describe experiment 1. What was the procedure? What were the results?
4. Briefly describe experiment 2. What was the procedure? What were the results?
5. Briefly describe experiment 3. What was the procedure? What were the results?
6. Finally, describe what this article tells us about instructions and rules and how they can influence behavior.