Matt regularly buckles his seat belt simply because it turns off the car's irritating warning buzzer.This best illustrates the value of
A) respondent behavior.
B) negative reinforcement.
C) secondary reinforcement.
D) spontaneous recovery.

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Negative reinforcement occurs when the removal or avoidance of an unpleasant stimulus increases the likelihood of a behavior being repeated. In this case, the unpleasant stimulus is the car's annoying warning buzzer, and the behavior being repeated is Matt's habit of buckling his seat belt to turn off the buzzer. Therefore, negative reinforcement best explains Matt's behavior.

Matt Regularly Buckles His Seat Belt Simply Because It Turns