When you break your curfew and your parents take away your car privileges in order to stop you from breaking curfew in the future, they are using ____.
A) negative reinforcement
B) positive reinforcement
C) negative punishment
D) positive punishment

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Negative punishment involves the removal of a desirable stimulus (in this case, car privileges) in order to reduce the likelihood of a behavior (breaking curfew) in the future. This is different from positive punishment (adding an aversive stimulus to decrease behavior), negative reinforcement (removing an aversive stimulus to increase behavior), and positive reinforcement (adding a desirable stimulus to increase behavior).

When You Break Your Curfew and Your Parents Take Away