Noam's mom keeps a chart on his bedroom wall and adds a gold star for each day that his room is clean. His mom is using ________ to strengthen the response.
A) secondary reinforcers
B) systematic desensitization
C) higher-order conditioning
D) primary reinforcers

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Gold stars are secondary reinforcers because they are not inherently valuable but gain their reinforcing power through association with primary reinforcers.

Noam's Mom Keeps a Chart on His Bedroom Wall and Adds