Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement?
A) Marty knocks over his mother's prize aspidistra so she sends him to his room for the rest of the day.
B) Peter comes in late from his lunch for the third time in one week and is fired from his job.
C) Tara takes an aspirin, and 20 minutes later her headache begins to go away.
D) Gwen mows the lawn and her dad takes her out for an ice cream.

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Negative reinforcement is the removal of a negative stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior being repeated. In this case, taking an aspirin to remove a headache is a negative stimulus, and the behavior of taking an aspirin is increased in the future to avoid the negative stimulus.

Which of the Following Is an Example of Negative Reinforcement