Whenever Matt is told to run laps during basketball practice, he ...

[jasdeep_brar]

Whenever Matt is told to run laps during basketball practice, he complains to the coach that he is too tired in order to get out of running. The coach starts making him run the laps anyway, and eventually Matt stops complaining about being too tired when he is told to run. This is an example of:
 
  a. extinction of a negatively reinforced behavior
  b. spontaneous recovery
 c. extinction of a positively reinforced behavior
  d. punishment

Question 2

Time-out will be successful only if the time-in environment is ___________________ ______.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

[ebenov]

Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

positively reinforcing

[jasdeep_brar]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[Dominic]

Gracias!