Question

Miranda comes home late one evening past her curfew only to find her parents waiting up for her. Her father says, "Miranda, you're late! You may not use the car for an entire month." Miranda's father is using ____.

A. Schedule of punishment
B. Negative punishment
C. Positive punishment
D. Negative reinforcement

Answer 1

Miranda's father is using positive punishment by taking away her car privilege for a month as a consequence for coming home late past her curfew.

Step-by-step explanation:

Miranda's father is using positive punishment. Positive punishment refers to adding an undesirable stimulus or consequence to decrease a behavior. In this case, Miranda's father is taking away Miranda's privilege of using the car for a month as a consequence for coming home late past her curfew. This punishment is intended to decrease the behavior of coming home late in the future.