Marcy decides that yelling at her teenage son to clean is room is not effective.Instead, whenever he cleans his room without being asked,Marcy takes him to his favorite ice cream
Shop.In this example,cleaning the room is the ________ and the ice cream is the ________.

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Cleaning the room is the operant behavior because it is an action that is influenced by its consequences. The ice cream is the reinforcer because it is a positive consequence that increases the likelihood of the behavior (cleaning the room) being repeated.

Marcy Decides That Yelling at Her Teenage Son to Clean