According to the Stimulus-Response Theory, reducing health insurance benefits for employees who continue to participate in a health-harming behavior is an example of
A) positive reinforcement.
B) negative reinforcement.
C) positive punishment.
D) negative punishment.

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Negative punishment involves removing a desirable stimulus to decrease a behavior. Reducing health insurance benefits (a desirable stimulus) to decrease health-harming behavior fits this definition.

According to the Stimulus-Response Theory, Reducing Health Insurance Benefits for Employees