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#1. Fez experiences chronic shoulder pain. He notices that occasionally, when he shakes hands with someone, his shoulder pain temporarily subsides. As a result, Fez begins shaking hands with everyone he encounters, even though he is not consciously aware that the handshaking behavior is reducing his pain. This phenomenon, where behavior changes due to reinforcement without the individual’s awareness of the contingency, is best described by which of the following principles?

Automatic reinforcement

Automaticity of reinforcement

Behavior contrast

Tangible reinforcement

Automaticity of reinforcement refers to the principle that a person does not have to be aware that their behavior is being reinforced for the reinforcement to be effective in changing the behavior In Fezs case the removal of shoulder pain a negative reinforcer contingent on shaking hands strengthens the handshaking behavior even though Fez is not consciously aware of this contingency Automatic reinforcement Option A is incorrect because it refers to reinforcement that occurs without social mediation eg selfstimulation whereas shaking hands is a socially mediated event Behavior contrast Option C describes a change in the rate of a behavior in one setting when the reinforcement schedule in another setting changes which is not what is described here Tangible reinforcement Option D involves receiving a physical item as a reinforcer which is not the case Fez is experiencing the removal of an aversive stimulus pain

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