Question

when a teenager misses curfew, their parents take away their car keys for a week. if having your car keys taken away makes you less likely to miss curfew when you get them back, then this is an example of? positive reinforcement negative punishment positive punishment negative reinforcement

Explanation:

Negative punishment involves removing a pleasant stimulus (car keys) to decrease an unwanted behavior (missing curfew). Positive reinforcement adds a stimulus to increase behavior. Positive punishment adds an aversive stimulus. Negative reinforcement removes an aversive stimulus to increase behavior. Here, removing car keys (a pleasant stimulus) to decrease missing curfew fits negative punishment.

Answer:

negative punishment