Your parents are trying to reduce the number of times you skip your high school classes.They take away your phone privileges every time they find out you did not go to class.This is an example of:
A) Negative reinforcement.
B) Positive reinforcement.
C) Positive punishment.
D) Negative punishment.

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Negative punishment involves removing a desirable stimulus after a behavior in order to decrease the likelihood of that behavior occurring again. In this case, taking away phone privileges (a desirable stimulus) after skipping class (the behavior) is intended to decrease the likelihood of skipping class in the future.

Your Parents Are Trying to Reduce the Number of Times