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Elton feels disappointed in himself because he has skipped all of his workouts this week. He is determined that he will show up for all of his workouts next week. What does this scenario BEST demonstrate?
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positive social reinforcement
negative social reinforcement
positive automatic reinforcement
negative automatic reinforcement
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Negative automatic reinforcement
He's motivated to exercise to avoid the internally produced aversive state (his self-disappointment). That is avoidance of a negative internal consequence (negative reinforcement) that is not socially mediated (automatic).
He's motivated to exercise to avoid the internally produced aversive state (his self-disappointment). That is avoidance of a negative internal consequence (negative reinforcement) that is not socially mediated (automatic).
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