A young boy disobeys his parents by coming home late.An example of the use of negative punishment would be to

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Negative punishment involves removing a desirable stimulus to decrease the likelihood of a behavior occurring again. In this case, the desirable stimulus is the child's allowance. By not giving the child an allowance for that week, the parents are using negative punishment to decrease the likelihood of the child coming home late again. Choices A and B are not examples of negative punishment. Choice A is an example of ignoring the behavior, which is a form of extinction, and choice B is an example of positive punishment, as it involves adding an aversive stimulus (i.e. the chore of drying dishes) to decrease the likelihood of the behavior occurring again.

A Young Boy Disobeys His Parents by Coming Home Late