What's an example illustrating the theoretical analysis PoB advocates.
A) Getting your quiz score immediately after the quiz will prevent procrastination.
B) The correct rule causes goofing off, instead of reading the chapter, to be an aversive condition to be escaped.
C) It's crucial that the authors make the chapter as positively reinforcing as possible.
D) The professor should convince the students that they'll really find the chapter useful.

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This example illustrates the principle of motivating operations, which suggests that the environment can be arranged in such a way that an aversive condition is created or abolished, which then fosters or eliminates behavior. In this case, the author suggests that creating an aversive condition (goofing off as opposed to reading the chapter) will promote the desired behavior (reading the chapter).

What's an Example Illustrating the Theoretical Analysis PoB Advocates