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A team coach who benches a player for poor performance is using ______________?

Correct answer: D. punishment

  • A. aversive conditioning
  • B. modeling
  • C. negative reinforcement
  • D. punishment

Explanation

Benching removes the player’s opportunity to participate because of poor performance, making the consequence contingent on behaviour. This is punishment because it aims to reduce that behaviour, whereas negative reinforcement would remove an unpleasant condition to increase behaviour.

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