When Georgia looks in the mirror, she sees more muscle definition. She is proud of herself for incorporating more strength training and becoming a stronger athlete. What does this scenario BEST represent?
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A. • positive social reinforcement
B. • negative social reinforcement
C. • positive automatic reinforcement
D. • negative automatic reinforcement
C. • positive automatic reinforcement
In this scenario, Georgia sees an improvement in her muscle definition, which is a direct result of her own efforts and strength training. She feels proud of herself, which indicates that her own actions have positively reinforced her behavior of incorporating more strength training and becoming a stronger athlete. This is an example of positive automatic reinforcement because the reinforcement is inherent in the behavior itself.