Jason does not complete his chores on time,despite his mother's repeated requests for him to do so.As a result,his mother takes away his Playstation and Wii for a month.Jason's mother is hoping to change his behavior through the use of ____.
A) learned helplessness
B) penalty
C) negative reinforcement
D) avoidance conditioning

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Penalty refers to punishing an individual for unwanted behavior in order to discourage and decrease the occurrence of that behavior in the future. In this case, Jason's mother is taking away his prized possessions to punish him for not completing his chores on time, with the hope that he will learn to complete them on time in the future. The other options (A, C, and D) are not applicable in this scenario. Learned helplessness refers to a state of apathy and passivity resulting from repeated failure or negative experiences, negative reinforcement refers to removing an unpleasant stimulus (which is not the case here), and avoidance conditioning refers to learning to avoid a certain stimulus (which is not relevant to Jason's situation).

Jason Does Not Complete His Chores on Time,despite His Mother's