Lloyd's roommate, Don, classically conditioned Lloyd to cringe whenever Don opened a squeaky drawer by pairing a squeak with a table tennis ball to Lloyd's head. Lloyd wants to return the favor, so when Don is out, Lloyd discreetly wires an electrode to the drawer handle so that Don will be shocked when he touches it. Lloyd is using ____.
A) negative reinforcement
B) positive reinforcement
C) negative punishment
D) positive punishment

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Lloyd is using positive punishment, as he is adding a stimulus (the electric shock) to decrease the behavior of Don touching the drawer handle.

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