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Antecedents are things that happened prior to something else happening. Looking at an antecedent can be helpful in figuring out why someone acted in particular way. For instance, Mary hit Julie. Why did Mary hit Julie? She hit Julie because Julie tripped her. Julie’s tripping Mary was the antecedent to Mary hitting Julie.
