Billy tells his friends that he is sick and tired of the way that their teacher treats him. His friends dare him to get even with the teacher. They taunt and tease Billy until he puts glue in the teacher's cup. According to social learning theory, Billy is ____________ when his friends stop teasing him.

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According to social learning theory, Billy is negatively reinforced when his friends stop teasing him. Negative reinforcement occurs when a behavior is strengthened as a result of stopping or avoiding a negative condition. In this case, the negative condition (his friends' teasing) stops when Billy performs the behavior (putting glue in the teacher's cup), which reinforces the behavior.

Billy Tells His Friends That He Is Sick and Tired