What Do Positive Punishment and Negative Punishment Have in Common

question 39

Multiple Choice

What do positive punishment and negative punishment have in common?

• A) They are both designed to increase a desired behavior.
• B) They both involve the addition of an undesirable stimulus.
• C) They are both designed to decrease the frequency of a behavior.
• D) They both involve the removal of something pleasurable.

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