Placing a child in time-out removes the child from playtime, television, and other positive situations. Therefore, time-out would be considered
A)negative reinforcement.
B)positive punishment.
C)response cost.
D)discriminative stimuli.

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Response cost refers to the removal of a positive stimulus after a behavior, which in this case is the removal of playtime, television, and other positive situations as a consequence of the child's behavior. This is intended to decrease the likelihood of the behavior occurring again.

Placing a Child in Time-Out Removes the Child from Playtime