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Corollary XIVA: Knowledge of P’s adjustment-mode probability

associated with P’s satisfaction permits the determination of P’s

flexibility.

XIVA. (P[AMp]|SN) → FLp

Proposition XV: The probability of P’s being forced out of E is in-
versely related to E’s perseverance.

XV. P(FO) = f(1/PEe) or P(FO) = f(PEe)

Proposition XVI: The probability of P’s leaving E is inversely related
to P’s perseverance.

XVI. P(LE) = f(1/PEp) or P(LE) = f(PEp)

Proposition XVII: P’s tenure in E is a joint function of P’s satisfac-
toriness and satisfaction, and P’s and E’s perseverance.

XVII. TE = f(SS,SN,PEp,PEe)

The reader is reminded that the seventeen propositions are
stated from P’s point of view and that parallel propositions can
be stated from E’s point of view, although they are not given here.
In addition, there are other propositions of PEC theory for which
research has not been conducted; these are stated in Lofquist and
Dawis (1991).

Explanation of the PEC Propositions

There are two focal points for the seventeen propositions: (1) P’s
satisfactoriness and (2) P’s satisfaction. P’s satisfactoriness, it should
be remembered, is E’s satisfaction with P. Thus the two focal points
are actually P’s satisfaction and E’s satisfaction (with P).
P’s satisfaction depends primarily on the correspondence of E’s
reinforcers with P’s values (P’s reinforcer-value correspondence, for
short). But it also depends on P’s satisfactoriness and P’s flexibility.
P’s satisfaction cannot be predicted from reinforcer-value corre-

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