Both escape conditioning and the punishment procedure employ:
A)differential reinforcement
B)exclusionary time-outs
C)aversive events
D)negative reinforcement

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Both escape conditioning and punishment involve the use of aversive events. Escape conditioning involves learning to perform a behavior in order to escape an aversive stimulus, while punishment involves the presentation of an aversive stimulus following an undesired behavior. Therefore, the correct choice is C. Choices A, B, and D are not accurate because they do not reflect the key aspect that these two procedures have in common.

Both Escape Conditioning and the Punishment Procedure Employ