Question

your roommates tell you that they will stop nagging you if you clean up your mess in the kitchen. you give in, clean up the kitchen, and your roommates do stop nagging you. in the future, you are more likely to clean the kitchen again. which operant conditioning process is influencing your behaviour? negative reinforcement positive reinforcement punishment none of the above

Explanation:

In operant conditioning, negative reinforcement involves the removal of an aversive stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior. Here, the aversive stimulus is the nagging from room - mates, which is removed when the person cleans the kitchen. This increases the likelihood of the cleaning behavior in the future. Positive reinforcement adds a pleasant stimulus, punishment decreases the likelihood of a behavior, and this situation clearly fits negative reinforcement.

Answer:

A. Negative reinforcement