Kristin wants to go out and play,but her mother has said no.Kristin goes to her room and plays her rock music very loudly.The noise drives her mother crazy and Kristin is allowed to go out and play if she will turn off her music.In this example,____ was a form of negative reinforcement.
A) playing the music
B) turning off the music
C) going crazy
D) going out to play

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Negative reinforcement involves the removal of an unpleasant stimulus in response to a desired behavior. In this case, Kristin's mother removed the unpleasant stimulus (the loud music) when Kristin agreed to turn it off, in order to reinforce the behavior of turning off the music. Therefore, the act of turning off the music was the form of negative reinforcement.

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