Julie gets very upset when her mother will not let her help her bake cookies. Julie yells at her mother and throws flour all over the kitchen. Julie's mother makes Julie clean up all of the flour and do all of the dishes Julie's mother created from baking the cookies. Her mother's punishment was a form of:

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The mother's punishment of making Julie clean up all the flour and do all the dishes created from baking the cookies is an example of restitutional overcorrection. Restitutional overcorrection involves making the person who caused the problem perform a corrective action that is directly related to the misbehavior, and is often used for actions that cause physical damage or messes. Julie's behavior of throwing flour all over the kitchen caused a mess, and her mother's punishment of making her clean it up is directly related to the misbehavior.

Julie Gets Very Upset When Her Mother Will Not Let