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A parent takes away a teenager's car keys after they stay out past curfew.
This is an example of which operant conditioning consequence, and what is the intended effect on the behavior?
- Negative punishment; to decrease the behavior of staying out late.
- Negative reinforcement; to increase the behavior of coming home on time.
- Positive punishment; to decrease the behavior by applying an aversive consequence.
- Extinction; to allow the behavior to fade away by ignoring it.
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