When Sasha gets ready to walk her puppy, the puppy sometimes resists the leash by squirming. In response to this behavior, Sasha stops what she is doing, stands up straight, crosses her arms, and looks away, conspicuously ignoring the puppy. Sasha is using the procedure of _______ to reduce the dog's tendency to misbehave.
A) omission
B) escape
C) punishment
D) avoidance

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Omission involves removing a positive stimulus in response to an undesired behavior, which is what Sasha is doing by stopping the interaction and ignoring the puppy when it squirms.

When Sasha Gets Ready to Walk Her Puppy, the Puppy