Which is an example of positive punishment?
A) A student loses a "good behavior" token for not following directions.
B) Two siblings squabble over a toy, so their father takes the toy away from both children.
C) A student is caught texting in class and the professor reprimands him in front of his classmates.
D) A teenager is grounded for a week for being rude to her mother.

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Positive punishment involves adding an unpleasant consequence after an undesirable behavior to decrease the likelihood of that behavior occurring again. In choice C, the professor reprimands the student in front of classmates, which is an addition of an unpleasant response (reprimand) to decrease the behavior (texting in class).

Which Is an Example of Positive Punishment