Gayle and Charles have found that scolding and spankings reduce their children's misbehaviors. Thus, these unpleasant consequences of scoldings and spankings would be considered
a. positive punishments.
b. negative punishments.
c. negative reinforcements.
d. response cost.
Answer: a. positive punishments.
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