Parking tickets and other fines are based on a type of punishment known as
A) negative reinforcement.
B) response chaining.
C) response cost.
D) aversive conditioning.

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Parking tickets and other fines are an example of response cost, which involves the removal of a desirable stimulus or the imposition of an unpleasant stimulus as a consequence of a behavior in order to decrease the likelihood of that behavior occurring in the future. In this case, the undesirable stimulus is the fine or penalty, which serves to discourage the behavior that caused it (e.g. parking in a prohibited area). Negative reinforcement involves the removal of an unpleasant stimulus as a consequence of a behavior, which increases the likelihood of that behavior occurring in the future, and is not applicable in this case. Response chaining and aversive conditioning are not relevant to the issue of parking tickets and fines.

Parking Tickets and Other Fines Are Based on a Type