Sally always drives with her seat belt on.She knows that if she does not wear it, she will be pulled over.This is an example of _________________.
A)positive reinforcement
B)avoidance reinforcement
C)punishment reinforcement
D)extinction reinforcement

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Sally is engaging in avoidance reinforcement, where she engages in a behavior (wearing her seat belt) to avoid a negative consequence (getting pulled over). This is different from positive reinforcement, which involves adding a pleasant consequence to increase a behavior, punishment reinforcement, which involves adding an unpleasant consequence to decrease a behavior, and extinction reinforcement, which involves removing a reinforcing consequence to decrease a behavior.

Sally Always Drives with Her Seat Belt On