Patti throws a temper tantrum in order to gain her mother's attention.However, her mother does not pay any attention and leaves the room.Patti stops her tantrum and follows her mother into the next room.Patti's mother has used _____ to eliminate Patti's tantrum.

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Time-out involves removing the individual from the situation or removing attention, which is what Patti's mother did by leaving the room. This can eliminate the undesired behavior by reducing the reinforcement that was maintaining it. Reciprocal inhibition involves counteracting an undesired emotional state with a desired one, shaping involves gradually reinforcing successive approximations of a desired behavior, and aversive conditioning involves pairing an undesired behavior with an aversive stimulus to decrease its occurrence. None of these strategies were used in the scenario.

Patti Throws a Temper Tantrum in Order to Gain Her