You remember a friend of yours in elementary school stuck his tongue on a pole on a playground swing set in the middle of winter.He yelled in pain,but finally pulled his tongue off the pole.He said,"I'll never do that again,it hurts!" His behavior of putting his tongue on the pole involved ____ since he never did it again.
A) negative punishment
B) positive punishment
C) salient punishment
D) primary punishment

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Positive punishment involves adding an unpleasant stimulus to decrease a behavior. In this case, the pain from sticking his tongue to the pole served as an unpleasant stimulus that decreased the likelihood of the behavior (putting his tongue on the pole) happening again.

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