Romeo finds that girls pay attention to him when he smiles but not when he burps. He now smiles a lot and rarely burps when girls are present. This is an example of the effect of

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Romeo's behavior of smiling more and burping less around girls due to the positive attention he receives when he smiles (and presumably negative or no attention when he burps) is an example of differential reinforcement. This concept involves reinforcing a specific behavior (smiling) while not reinforcing, or even punishing, another behavior (burping), leading to an increase in the reinforced behavior and a decrease in the other.

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