Question

John lost his wallet. He hopes it is somewhere in his bedroom. He has searched for it but the room is so messy he hasn’t found it and can’t be sure it is there. If John stops leaving his room in a mess in the future, then losing his wallet has functioned as a

Answer 1

If John stops leaving his room in a mess in the future, then losing his wallet has functioned as a negative punishment.

Step-by-step explanation:

• Punishment is taking something that someone likes from them in order to reduce instances of occurrence of a certain unwanted behavior.
• Negative punishment is therefore the occurrence of a disliked consequence as a result of an unwanted action.
• In the above instance, John losing his wallet is negative, but it achieves a consequent desired behavior of self organization.