Lavonne hates to listen to new age music. Whenever Lavonne refuses to clean her room, her mother makes her stay in her room and plays new age music through the intercom. Her mother tells Lavonne that as soon as she finishes cleaning her room, the music will be stopped. The removal of the unpleasant music is an example of

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Negative reinforcement involves the removal of an unpleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior being repeated. In this case, the unpleasant music is removed when Lavonne cleans her room, reinforcing the cleaning behavior.

Lavonne Hates to Listen to New Age Music