Little Cory was disruptive during the family game time,so he was sent to his room.Being sent to "time out" is an example of
A) negative reinforcement.
B) aversive conditioning.
C) avoidance learning.
D) response cost.

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Sending Cory to his room is an example of response cost, as he is losing out on the opportunity to participate in the family game time as a consequence of his disruptive behavior. Negative reinforcement involves removing an unpleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior, aversive conditioning involves pairing an unpleasant stimulus with a behavior to decrease the likelihood of the behavior, and avoidance learning involves learning to avoid an unpleasant stimulus by exhibiting a particular behavior. None of these are particularly relevant to this scenario.

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