When the rewards that maintain undesirable behaviors are identified and removed, these undesirable behaviors will undergo

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Operant extinction occurs when a behavior is no longer reinforced, resulting in a decrease or eventual elimination of the behavior. By identifying and removing the rewards that maintain undesirable behaviors, those behaviors will eventually stop being reinforced and undergo operant extinction. Operant shaping refers to reinforcing successive approximations to a desired behavior. Respondent aversion involves pairing an unpleasant stimulus with an undesirable behavior to decrease its occurrence. Token inhibition refers to using a token economy system to reduce undesirable behaviors by rewarding desirable ones.

When the Rewards That Maintain Undesirable Behaviors Are Identified and Removed