When a football coach makes the team run laps because it can't get a play right, he is using which behaviour-shaping method?
A)Positive reinforcement
B)Extinction
C)Punishment
D)Negative reinforcement

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Punishment involves adding an unpleasant consequence to decrease the likelihood of a behavior occurring again. In this case, the coach is using running laps as a punishment to decrease the likelihood of the team making the same mistake and not getting a play right.

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