The Process of Providing Consequences for a Behavior That Decreases

question 49

Multiple Choice

The process of providing consequences for a behavior that decreases the probability of that behavior is called:

• A) reinforcement.
• B) punishment.
• C) discrete-trial learning.
• D) free-operant learning.

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