Your dog jumps up on a visitor and you smack him with a rolled up newspaper. The next time you have visitors, your dog doesn't jump on them. This is an example of positive punishment, or punishment by application.

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Positive punishment refers to applying an aversive stimulus to decrease the frequency of a behavior. Smacking the dog with a rolled up newspaper is an aversive stimulus and it caused a decrease in the behavior of jumping on visitors, hence it is an example of positive punishment.

Your Dog Jumps Up on a Visitor and You Smack