When Laura started working in the accounting department,she felt like her boss hovered over her all day and constantly double checked her work.As a result,Laura made sure she always did her work exactly as her boss would like and that she double checked everything so her boss would find no errors.Eventually,she found that her boss stopped hovering and double checking her work.What Laura experienced was ______.
A) positive reinforcement
B) extinction
C) punishment
D) negative reinforcement

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Laura's behavior of doing her work exactly as her boss wanted and double checking everything led to the removal of her boss's negative behavior of hovering over her and double checking her work. This removal of negative behavior is an example of negative reinforcement.

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