Question

Abigail has crushed up all of her candy her mother bought her at the store and put it all over the floor. Her mother has decided to put her in time out. This is an example of which of the following:

a) Positive Reinforcement
b) Negative Reinforcement
c) Positive Punishment
d) Negative Punishment

Answer 1

The example of Abigail being put in time out after crushing her candy is an example of negative punishment in operant conditioning.

Step-by-step explanation:

The example of Abigail being put in time out after crushing her candy is an example of negative punishment in operant conditioning. Negative punishment involves removing a pleasant stimulus to decrease a behavior. In this case, Abigail's mother is removing Abigail from the desirable activity of playing with her crushed candy to decrease the behavior of crushing candy on the floor.