A shy and timid child works up the courage to raise his hand to answer a question.The teacher calls on him and the child delivers an excellent answer.The teacher exclaims,"That is the best answer I have heard all week! Great job! Come up to the front of the room to get a sticker!" Unfortunately,the child found all of this attention unpleasant and no longer answers questions in class.His behavior of answering questions was:
A)positively reinforced.
B)negatively reinforced.
C)positively punished.
D)negatively punished.

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The child's behavior of answering questions was positively punished because the consequence (receiving unwanted attention) made the behavior less likely to occur in the future. Positive punishment involves adding an unpleasant outcome after a behavior, which decreases the likelihood of the behavior happening again.

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