Learning to "buckle up" to avoid the annoying car alarm that results if you don't fasten your seatbelt is an example of negative reinforcement at work.

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Negative reinforcement involves removing an unpleasant stimulus in response to a behavior in order to increase the likelihood of that behavior repeating. In this case, fastening the seatbelt removes the unpleasant sound of the car alarm, which increases the likelihood of the person repeating the behavior of fastening their seatbelt in the future.

Learning to "Buckle Up" to Avoid the Annoying Car Alarm