Question

question 2
2 pts
lenny hochstein stopped fighting with his sister because it led to his video games being taken away.
taking away his video games was a negative punishment.
taking away his video games was a negative reinforcement.
taking away his video games was a positive reinforcement.
taking away his video games was a positive punishment.

Explanation:

Positive punishment adds an aversive stimulus to decrease behavior. Negative punishment removes a pleasant stimulus to decrease behavior. Here, video - games are a pleasant stimulus and taking them away decreased the fighting behavior, which is negative punishment. Positive reinforcement adds a pleasant stimulus to increase behavior and negative reinforcement removes an aversive stimulus to increase behavior.

Answer:

Taking away his video games was a negative punishment.