Jacinda has a glass of wine after work because it relieves her anxiety.Her wine drinking is likely to continue because it is followed by a ________ reinforcer.
A) secondary
B) partial
C) negative
D) positive

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Jacinda's wine drinking is reinforced by the removal of her anxiety, making it a negative reinforcer. The other options are not applicable in this scenario: 
- Secondary reinforcement involves a learned association with a primary reinforcer (such as money being associated with the ability to purchase food). 
- Partial reinforcement involves reinforcing a behavior only some of the time, which is not relevant here. 
- Positive reinforcement involves adding a desirable stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior, which is not the case here as wine drinking is not inherently desirable but rather serves to remove an unpleasant feeling.

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