Positive punishment occurs when a behavior decreases because it elicits an unpleasant consequence. Negative punishment occurs when a behavior decreases because it results in the loss of a pleasant consequence. Which of the following is likely to result in positive punishment? A child's allowance is reduced whenever he fails to clean his room. An employee receives a termination notice after coming to work late every day over a period of three months. A child gets candy from a dispenser one time but gets nothing from the dispenser the next two times. A teacher rewards a student for sitting quietly for ten minutes on Monday, fifteen minutes on Tuesday, twenty minutes on Wednesday, and thirty minutes on Thursday. A rat receives a mild shock each time it tries to open the door of its cage.
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