Mary arrives home to find her son washing the dirty dishes left from his party the night before. When she discovers his first-semester grade report on the table and sees that he got straight A's,
Mary rewards him by relieving him of the unpleasant task of finishing the dishes. Which operant process does the example illustrate?
a. positive reinforcement
b. negative reinforcement
c. extinction
d. punishment
Answer b % correct 62 a= 34 b= 62 c= 4 d= 0 r = .41
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