Three-year-old Lauren refuses to stay in her own bed at night. When her parents put her back in her own bed, she screams and cries unless one of them stays in the room with her. After talking with a behavior therapist, the parents began using operant conditioning techniques that involved:

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The operant conditioning technique described in option A involves positively reinforcing desirable behaviors (staying in her own bed) and ignoring undesirable behaviors (crying and screaming) in order to systematically extinguish them. This is a commonly used technique in behavior therapy for children with sleep problems. Options B, C, and D describe techniques that are not typically used for addressing sleep issues in young children.

Three-Year-Old Lauren Refuses to Stay in Her Own Bed at Night