Original BCBA scenario practice question with answer explanation and wrong-choice notes.
Difficulty: medium. Skill: apply. Type: concept discrimination.
A learner completes homework more often after the teacher starts removing five problems whenever the learner begins within one minute. Which principle best explains the increase in starting promptly?
Correct answer
The behavior increases because an aversive or effortful condition is removed contingent on the response. That is negative reinforcement.
Punishment would decrease behavior; the target behavior increased.
Extinction involves withholding the maintaining reinforcer, not removing work to increase behavior.
The scenario describes operant consequences, not reflexive conditioning.
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