Fred sleeps soundly. His alarm makes a loud beeping noise every morning at 7:00AM. Fred's getting out of ? bed and turning off the alarm is an example of____________.

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Fred's behavior of getting out of bed and turning off the alarm results in the removal of an aversive stimulus (the loud beeping noise), which increases the likelihood of him repeating this behavior in the future. This is an example of negative reinforcement. Positive reinforcement involves the addition of a pleasurable stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior, punishment involves the addition of an aversive stimulus to decrease the behavior, and aversive conditioning involves pairing a negative stimulus with a behavior to decrease its likelihood.

Fred Sleeps Soundly