Seven-year old Pat does not like to eat broccoli and does not like to clean his room. Pat's mother tells him that if he eats all his broccoli at dinner tonight then he will not have to clean his room tonight. In her effort to have Pat eat broccoli, Pat's mother is attempting to apply the process of
A)behaviour modification through shaping
B)operant extinction
C)negative reinforcement
D)response cost learning

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Pat's mother is using negative reinforcement by removing an unpleasant task (cleaning his room) as a consequence of performing a desired behavior (eating broccoli). This increases the likelihood that Pat will eat his broccoli.

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