Veronica suffers from very painful headaches so she takes her headache medication regularly, regardless of whether she has a headache or not. As a function of taking her medication, she has no headaches. In operant conditioning terms, Veronica is using _______________.

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Negative reinforcement involves the removal of an unpleasant stimulus (in this case, the potential for headaches) to increase the likelihood of a behavior (taking medication).

Veronica Suffers from Very Painful Headaches So She Takes Her