What is avoidant reinforcement in behavior analysis? What is your MO for seeking positive reinforcement from avoidance? Listen to this episode to learn more about why we avoid challenging and uncomfortable situations in our daily lives. Have you ever wondered why people ghost you instead of being honest with you? Is reinforcement from ourselves more of a primary reinforcer for us than reinforcement from others?

Travis shares about avoidance being a positive reinforcer for him in his life that caused him to quit many jobs because they made him anxious and uncomfortable. You will also learn how he is learning to self-reinforce his own positive behaviors so that he can keep his new job.

Travis teaches the listener about "context" of reinforcement. We want to match our positive reinforcement with the level of the behavior we are reinforcing and don't want to provide reinforcement that is out of context.

This is a great episode to learn how someone with autism processes social behavior.

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