Angela used to really enjoy diving for her school team, but at their most recent diving practice she hit her head on the diving board during her last dive. Since then she hasn't attended any of the team practices, and she refuses to dive. In this case, hitting her head on the board acted as
A) punishment for diving.
B) negative reinforcement for diving.
C) an unconditioned response to diving.
D) a discriminative stimulus for attending team practices.

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Hitting her head on the diving board acted as a punishment for diving because it resulted in Angela avoiding diving and not attending practices, which indicates a decrease in the behavior of diving due to the negative experience.

Angela Used to Really Enjoy Diving for Her School Team