 variable time schedule completely independent of behavior often uses an antecedent intervention to reduce problem behavior ladies and gentlemen that was recorded yeah I can read which is a whole nother chapter 25 yeah yeah literally copy a text okay should we actually record something it's going go it's going hello no non-contingent an example that we want to do parades okay non-contingent reinforcement which is delivering reinforcers or known reinforcers non-contingently on whatever behavior it's used as an antecedent strategy for problem behaviors and it doesn't matter if it's on a time schedule or a variable schedule or a thin schedule or a thick schedule or a continuous schedule or whatever the hell schedule it's just done it's reinforcement for the sake of reinforcing if you will so an idea in the classroom is a kid has maladaptive behaviors of dealing with attention the teacher's going to deliver detention rather frequently or more frequently that lowers the value of attention for said kiddo and ultimately reducing problem behaviors another idea would be a guy in a parade just throwing candy on everyone he's just delivering attention non-contingently and to whoever at whoever at any random interval or magnitude or anything he's just giving on all the lovely stuff non-contingent reinforcement