To alleviate bed wetting, special sheets connected to an alarm are placed on the child's bed.When the child's full bladder releases the first droplets of urine onto the special sheet, the alarm will sound and awaken the child.Through this pairing of a loud alarm with a full bladder, the child will learn to awaken to the full bladder.This illustrates the use of _____ in alleviating a problem behavior.

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This scenario describes classical conditioning because the association between the alarm and the full bladder leads to the child learning to awaken to the full bladder. The sound of the alarm becomes a conditioned stimulus that elicits the desired response of waking up and going to the bathroom.

To Alleviate Bed Wetting, Special Sheets Connected to an Alarm