A mother has been continually nagging her daughter about how messy her room is.Finally,the daughter gets so tired of her mom's complaints that she cleans her room,thus stopping the nagging of her mother.Given the fact that the withdrawal of the mother's nagging served to strengthen the daughter's room-cleaning behaviour,the mother's nagging would be considered a(n):

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The mother's nagging was a negative stimulus that the daughter wanted to avoid, and by cleaning her room, she was able to remove that negative stimulus. This reinforces the behavior of cleaning her room by increasing the likelihood that the daughter will clean her room in the future to avoid the nagging. Therefore, the mother's nagging would be considered a negative reinforcer.

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