Question

After the model evokes an imitation, that behavior comes into contact with contingencies of:

Answer 1

The answer is "reinforcement".

The behavior comes into contact with contingencies of reinforcement after the model evokes an imitation. The controlling variable for discriminated operant is the new contingencies of reinforcement.  This situation explains Controlled Relation, which is considered as the most important property that defines imitation between a model and a similar behavior.