A teenager has been grounded by her parents for not doing the dishes.Mom tells the teenager that if you do the dishes,then you will not be grounded anymore.This attempt at behavior change is best described as
A) habituation.
B) extinction.
C) positive reinforcement.
D) negative reinforcement.

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Negative reinforcement involves the removal of an unpleasant stimulus (in this case, being grounded) following a desired behavior (doing the dishes), which increases the likelihood of the behavior occurring again in the future.

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