Question

Louis, a fifteen-year-old, continually comes home late on the weekends despite having a curfew. His parents decide to make use of his love of his cell phone to change this behavior. They take it away for two days every time Louis is late and soon they see a decrease in his tendency to come home late. Which type of consequences are at work here

Answer 1

Negative punishment

Step-by-step explanation:

Punishment in terms of behavioral control usually weakens or reduces the probability of a certain behavior from reoccurring. It is simply said to be an action taken or an event that decreases the oçcurence of a behavior or behavior that it follows.

Negative Punishment deals with an individual, a parent e.t.c. taking away something desirable e.g no viewing of the television for a week. It is simply a response behavior. It is backed up by the removal of a stimulus or a decrease in the intensity of the stimulus.

It makes or decreases the future frequency of similar responses under similar circumstances.