If the teacher scolds her students for talking and they decrease their talking, the teacher has used
A)negative reinforcement.
B)response cost.
C)positive punishment.
D)negative punishment.

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Positive punishment involves adding an unpleasant stimulus to decrease a behavior, which in this case is the teacher scolding (adding scolding) to decrease talking.

If the Teacher Scolds Her Students for Talking and They