Ms. miller asked steven to take out his pencil and begin working on his math worksheet. steven did not respond. ms. miller removed tokens from steven’s token board without saying a word. in the future, when ms. miller asked steven to take out his pencil and to begin work, without hesitation, steven gets right to work (i. e., noncompliance decreases). • antecedent: "take out your pencil." • behavior: noncompliance, specifically, not following the teacher's direction the first time that the direction is given. • consequence: removal of token from the token board. which operation best describes this scenario? a) positive reinforcement. b) negative reinforcement. c) positive punishment. d) negative punishment.