Behavioral Perspective
-When Marie's children come home from school, they often whine and beg for a snack. To avoid hearing them whine and beg, Marie prepares snacks before the children arrive home from school. What is this called?

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Avoidance conditioning occurs when a behavior prevents aversive stimuli from occurring. Unlike in escape conditioning, the aversive stimuli do not need to be present for avoidance conditioning to work. In this example, Marie prepares snacks to avoid hearing her children whine, not to stop her children from whining.

Behavioral Perspective -When Marie's Children Come Home from School, They Often Whine