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jonah sprays her puppy with a water bottle every time it scratches his paws on her new chair. spraying the puppy as a way to decrease the scratching behavior is an example of ____.
o positive punishment
o positive reinforcement
o negative punishment
o negative reinforcement

Explanation:

Positive punishment involves adding an aversive stimulus (spraying with water bottle) to decrease a behavior (scratching). Positive reinforcement adds a pleasant stimulus to increase behavior. Negative punishment removes a pleasant stimulus to decrease behavior. Negative reinforcement removes an aversive stimulus to increase behavior. Here, spraying (adding aversive) to decrease scratching fits positive punishment.

Answer:

positive punishment