What Is the Most Important Difference Between Consequences and Punishment

question 17

Multiple Choice

What is the most important difference between consequences and punishment?

• A) Punishment is often late
• B) Consequences are not as bad as punishment
• C) Consequences are a result of the child's actions
• D) Punishment is the result after the actions

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Definitions:

Emotional Regulation

The process by which individuals influence their emotions, when they experience them, and how they express them.

Self-conscious Emotions

Emotions that involve reflection on oneself, such as embarrassment, pride, shame, and guilt.

Stress

A physical or psychological response to internal or external pressures, challenges, or threats.

Social Referencing

The behavior in which individuals look to others in their environment to seek clues for how to react or behave in certain situations or towards novel objects.