When trying to change a bad habit,
if a person were to finally discover what is reinforcing an unwanted response and then remove, avoid, or delay the reinforcement, we would say this person has utilized the technique known as
a. extinction.
b. modeling.
c. breaking response chains.
d. cues and antecedents.
ANSWER: a
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