Tomas and Eric Have Developed a Habit of Hanging Out

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Tomas and Eric have developed a habit of hanging out in each other's offices when they want to take a break from work. However, these breaks have increasingly gotten longer because they enjoy talking. Recently, they have had to take more work home to finish plus got the "evil eye" stare from the boss several times. Tomas and Eric have decided to only see each other at lunch and after work and to not go to each other's offices unless it's work related. By doing this, Tomas and Eric have removed the reinforcement for hanging out at the office and also increased their productivity during working hours. This strategy for breaking bad habits is known as

• A)modeling.
• B)extinction.
• C)shaping.
• D)latent learning.

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