A boy runs on an icy sidewalk,falls,and experiences pain.In the future,he no longer runs on icy sidewalks.In the context of operant conditioning,which term best characterizes the pain?
A)positive reinforcement.
B)negative reinforcement.
C)positive punishment.
D)negative punishment.

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In operant conditioning, positive punishment involves adding an unpleasant stimulus (such as the pain the boy experienced) to decrease the likelihood of a behavior being repeated in the future. Therefore, the best term to characterize the pain in this scenario is positive punishment.

A Boy Runs on an Icy Sidewalk,falls,and Experiences Pain