Ricardo and Luis Are Out Walking

question 155

Multiple Choice

Ricardo and Luis are out walking.Luis says,"Hey,I've got a pebble in my shoe," and proceeds to take off his shoe and to remove the pebble."That feels better," says Luis.Ricardo believes that Luis' behavior of removing the pebble is a(n) ____ because it increases the chance that Luis will repeat the behavior if another pebble gets in his shoe.

• A) positive punisher
• B) positive reinforcer
• C) negative reinforcer
• D) negative punisher

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Definitions:

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