The leader of a cult tells its followers that if they bow down to him,he will prevent Satan from burning them alive.The followers bow down to him,and sure enough,Satan does not burn them,so they keep bowing down to the leader.This is an example of:
A) punishment.
B) positive reinforcement.
C) extinction.
D) avoidance conditioning.

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This is an example of avoidance conditioning, where a behavior (bowing down to the leader) is reinforced by the prevention of a negative outcome (being burned by Satan). The followers continue the behavior to avoid the negative consequence.

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