It has been a long time since Karina stopped bullying other children at school. Her parents simply explained to Karina that every time she bullies a child, she must pay a price for the bullying incident. Karina loves music and has an extensive CD collection;
Therefore, the cost of a bullying incident is three CDs from her collection. It did not take Karina long to determine that it was too high of a price to pay for her behaviour, so the bullying stopped. This response cost method of modifying behaviour is a:

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The response cost method described is a punishment technique because it involves removing a valued item (CDs) as a consequence of undesirable behavior (bullying), which decreases the likelihood of the behavior occurring again.

It Has Been a Long Time Since Karina Stopped Bullying