Look. I'm telling you now, this crap won't fly. Not that I've tried it or anything....
It may be fun in the beginning to think about positively reinforcing your significant other with whatever sexy reinforcements that you AND your partner agreed upon (because you did do a preference assessment...right?).
It might work the first few times. They are suddenly increasing their behavior of taking out the trash...they only needed a few prompts!
But...this will get old...real quick. Why? Because your partner is just that - your PARTNER. They will get upset that you are treating them like "one of your clients" even though basic ABA principles exist in almost every contingency and environment out there.
You will want to switch to an intermittent schedule of reinforcement but they sure as hell don't want to do that...they love the reinforcement!
And don't forget the internal behaviors...those sneaky bastards. The covert emotions and feelings that you have hidden away inside of you. The emotions that you have intertwined with your partner's emotions because the two of you are (obvi) PARTNERS, and not in a client-staff relationship. ITS ONE OF THOSE DUAL RELATIONSHIPS.
Actually, that makes it very easy. This whole blog post could be summed up quickly in a few quick references to the beloved Professional and Ethical Compliance Code (PECC):
1.06 Multiple Relationships and Conflicts of Interest. (a) Due to the potentially harmful effects of multiple relationships, behavior analysts avoid multiple relationships.
1.07 Exploitative Relationships. (b) Behavior analysts do not engage in sexual relationships with clients, students, or supervisees, because such relationships easily impair judgment or become exploitative.
Duh. 🙄