An animal in a Skinner box received a brief electric shock each time a bar was pressed.Subsequently,the animal stopped pressing the bar due to
A) escape conditioning.
B) disinhibition.
C) negative reinforcement.
D) punishment.

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The animal stopped pressing the bar because it learned that pressing the bar results in an unpleasant outcome (electric shock), which is an example of punishment. Punishment decreases the likelihood of the behavior that it follows.

An Animal in a Skinner Box Received a Brief Electric