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Randy has been smoking for 20 years and enjoys the smell of cigarette smoke. For Randy, the smell of a burning cigarette would be
 
  A) a negative reinforcer.
  B) a positive reinforcer.
  C) a noxious stimulus.
  D) an unconditioned stimulus.

Question 2

The reinforcement explanation of smoking assumes that, for someone who becomes a smoker,
 
  A) the positive consequences outweigh the negative consequences.
  B) the negative stimulus of one's first attempt at smoking arouses a corresponding positive process.
  C) the positive stimulus of one's first attempt at smoking arouses a corresponding negative process.
  D) the individual has not experienced any negative consequences.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

A


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Reply #2 on: Jun 21, 2018
Thank you!


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