The respect of your peers, the approval of your instructors or managers, a smile, a touch, or a nod of recognition are all possible examples of:
A) primary reinforcers.
B) negative reinforcers.
C) conditioned reinforcers.
D) punishment by removal.

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The examples provided all point towards conditioned reinforcers, which are stimuli that were previously neutral but have gained value through association with other reinforcers. The respect of peers, approval of instructors/managers, smiles, touches, and nods of recognition become reinforcing because they are associated with primary or other conditioned reinforcers. Negative reinforcers involve the removal of an unpleasant stimulus to increase behavior, and punishment by removal involves removing a pleasant stimulus to decrease behavior, neither of which is reflected in the examples given.

The Respect of Your Peers, the Approval of Your Instructors