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Question

Lydia really needs to stop smoking. She knows her health is suffering and it's a waste of money. However, she has tried to stop cold turkey before and ended up smoking more. She figures out the average number of cigarettes she usually smokes in a day and puts that number of cigarettes in a special cigarette case that is easy to carry. After three days of smoking the number in the case, she buys a special coffee drink at Dutch Bros. and reduces the number of cigarettes she puts in the case by 1. She continues treating herself to something special and reducing the number of cigarettes every three days she is successful. Which type of differential reinforcement is Lydia using? Explain how you know it is the type of DR you identified.