A teenager swears at the dinner table,and as a result,her parents take away her cell phone for one week.The teenager is now much less likely to swear at the dinner table,illustrating:

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Negative punishment involves the removal of a desirable stimulus to decrease a behavior. In this scenario, the teenager's cell phone (a desirable stimulus) was taken away after swearing at the dinner table, which decreased the likelihood of her swearing in the future.

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