One of your fellow team members at work is continually disrupting the team's work with jokes and general horseplay. You hope that by ignoring him he will stop this senseless behavior. You are attempting to use which reinforcement tool?
A) Extinction
B) Positive reinforcement
C) Negative reinforcement
D) Avoidance learning
E) Desired behavior is reinforced annually

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Extinction involves removing a reinforcing consequence in order to decrease the likelihood of a behavior occurring in the future. In this case, by ignoring the team member's disruptive behavior, you are removing the attention he is seeking, which may lead to a decrease in the behavior over time.

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