It has been a long time since Karina stopped bullying other children at school. Karina's parents no longer tell her she cannot bully, on the contrary, she knows her parents will love and accept her no matter what she does. Her parents simply explained to Karina that every time she bullies a child, she must pay a price for the bullying incident. Karina loves music and has an extensive CD collection; therefore, the cost of a bullying incident is three CDs from her collection. It did not take Karina long to determine that was too high of a price to pay for her behavior, so the bullying stopped. This response cost method of modifying behavior is a:
A. corporal punishment
B. positive reinforcement
C. punishment technique
D. negative reinforcement
C. punishment technique
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