You remember a friend of yours in elementary school stuck his tongue on a pole on a playground swing set in the middle of winter. He yelled in pain, but finally pulled his tongue off the pole. He said, "I'll never do that again, it hurts!" His behavior of putting his tongue on the pole involved ____ since he never did it again.

A. negative punishment
B. positive punishment
C. salient punishment
D. primary punishment


Answer: B

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