Questions: When Jenna behaves poorly at home, her parents use a time-out to remove her from anything in the room that she enjoys. This practice best illustrates positive punishment. negative punishment. child abuse. negative reinforcement.

When Jenna behaves poorly at home, her parents use a time-out to remove her from anything in the room that she enjoys. This practice best illustrates positive punishment. negative punishment. child abuse. negative reinforcement.

Transcript text: When Jenna behaves poorly at home, her parents use a time-out to remove her from anything in the room that she enjoys. This practice best illustrates positive punishment. negative punishment. child abuse. negative reinforcement.

Solution

The answer is B: negative punishment.

Explanation for each option:

A. Positive punishment: This involves adding an unpleasant stimulus to decrease a behavior. For example, scolding a child for misbehavior. In Jenna's case, nothing is being added; instead, something enjoyable is being removed.

B. Negative punishment: This involves removing a pleasant stimulus to decrease a behavior. Jenna's parents are using time-out to remove her from enjoyable activities, which fits the definition of negative punishment.

C. Child abuse: This is a serious and harmful action that causes physical or emotional harm to a child. The scenario described does not indicate any form of abuse; it is a disciplinary technique.

D. Negative reinforcement: This involves removing an unpleasant stimulus to increase a behavior. For example, stopping a loud noise when a desired behavior occurs. Jenna's situation does not involve increasing a behavior by removing an unpleasant stimulus.

Therefore, the correct answer is negative punishment, as Jenna's parents are removing her from enjoyable activities to decrease her poor behavior.

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