Fatima has developed a habit of taking longer and longer "breaks" to watch TV when she should be studying.Obviously, TV watching is reinforcing her break taking.To improve her study habits, Fatima could delay reinforcement by studying at the library or some other location a good distance from her TV.In this way, she will remove the reinforcement for "taking breaks." This strategy for breaking bad habits is known as
A) modeling.
B) extinction.
C) shaping.
D) latent learning.

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Extinction is the process of reducing or eliminating a behavior by removing the reinforcing consequences that maintain it. In this case, if Fatima studies at a location far from her TV, she removes the reinforcement for taking breaks to watch TV, ultimately decreasing the frequency of this behavior. The other options, modeling, shaping, and latent learning, are unrelated to this strategy for breaking bad habits.

Fatima Has Developed a Habit of Taking Longer and Longer