Whenever Krysia hung up her coat and put away her backpack after school, she was excused from setting the table, a chore she detests. Krysia's parents were using ________ to modify her behaviour.

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Krysia's parents are using negative reinforcement, which involves removing an unpleasant stimulus (setting the table) to increase the likelihood of a desired behavior (coming home from school). This is different from punishment, which would involve adding an unpleasant stimulus to decrease undesired behavior. Positive reinforcement involves adding a pleasant stimulus to increase desired behavior, and self-efficacy refers to a person's belief in their own abilities to achieve a goal.

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