Question

question 2 (1 point) julies daughter refused to brush her teeth and threw her toys across the room. julie put her daughter in a 20 - minute time - out. this is an example of: positive punishment conditioned reinforcer negative punishment negative reinforcer

Explanation:

Positive punishment involves adding an aversive stimulus to decrease a behavior. Here, the time - out is added as a consequence of the misbehavior. A conditioned reinforcer is a learned reinforcer. Negative punishment involves removing a positive stimulus to decrease behavior. Negative reinforcers increase behavior by removing an aversive stimulus. Since a time - out is an added aversive consequence to decrease the misbehavior, it is positive punishment.

Answer:

A. positive punishment