______________________ occurs when an organism performs a behavior to avoid a negative consequence. For example, a child may clean his or her room to avoid getting in trouble with his or her mother.
A) Negative punishment
B) Negative reinforcement
C) Positive punishment
D) Positive reinforcement
E) Punishment

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Negative reinforcement occurs when an organism performs a behavior to remove or avoid a negative consequence. In the given example, the child is cleaning the room to avoid getting in trouble with the mother, which is a negative consequence.

______________________ Occurs When an Organism Performs a Behavior to Avoid