Question

which of the following scenarios is the best example of negative punishment?
○ carly yells at their husband when they come home late.
○ astrid takes away their daughter’s cell phone when they misbehave.
○ enrique makes their students run extra laps when they are unruly in gym class.
○ xuan works as much overtime as they can for the extra pay.

Explanation:

Negative punishment involves removing a pleasant stimulus to decrease a behavior. In the case of Astrid taking away the cell - phone, a pleasant item is removed to reduce misbehavior. Carly yelling is positive punishment (adding an aversive stimulus). Enrique making students run extra laps is positive punishment. Xuan working overtime is not punishment but motivated by reward.

Answer:

Astrid takes away their daughter’s cell phone when they misbehave.