Marvin Is Pestering His Mother for an Advance on His

Marvin is pestering his mother for an advance on his allowance,whining for 10 minutes saying things like,"Please,Mom,can't I have my allowance early? Please? Oh,come on,Mom,I need it now.Mom!" His mother ignores Marvin's pleas for 10 minutes,but finally gives in and says,"Oh,all right.Here it is.Anything to stop your whining." If in the future the boy engages in more whining to get what he wants,and the mother gives in even more easily,then according to the principles of the learning theory,Marvin has been ________ and the mother has been ________.

A) positively reinforced; punished
B) negatively reinforced; punished
C) negatively reinforced; positively reinforced
D) positively reinforced; negatively reinforced