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At the end of lacrosse practice, the team runs sprints. Enzo always finishes in last place. Although he feels disappointed that he is the slowest person on the team, he vows to work even harder to increase his speed throughout this season. What does this scenario BEST represent?

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positive social reinforcement


negative social reinforcement


positive automatic reinforcement


negative automatic reinforcement

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negative social reinforcement

He increases effort to avoid the aversive social consequence (finishing last/feeling embarrassed), so his behavior is strengthened by avoidance/removal of a social (not automatic) aversive stimulus.