Because of his poor report card,Rhonda took away her son's video games and television privileges.Rhonda is using ___.
A) negative punishment
B) negative reinforcement
C) positive punishment
D) positive reinforcement

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Negative punishment involves removing a pleasant stimulus, in this case video games and television privileges, after a behavior, in this case getting a poor report card. This is different from negative reinforcement, which involves removing an unpleasant stimulus to increase a desired behavior, or positive punishment, which involves adding an aversive stimulus to decrease a behavior, or positive reinforcement, which involves adding a pleasant stimulus to increase a behavior.

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