Question

getting fired from your job for showing up late for work. *
positive reinforcement
negative reinforcement
positive punishment
negative punishment
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Explanation:

Positive reinforcement adds a pleasant stimulus to increase a behavior. Negative reinforcement removes an unpleasant stimulus to increase a behavior. Positive punishment adds an unpleasant stimulus to decrease a behavior. Negative punishment removes a pleasant stimulus to decrease a behavior. Getting fired (losing a job - a pleasant thing) for being late is removing a pleasant stimulus to decrease the behavior of being late, which is negative punishment.

Answer:

Negative Punishment