Larry is grounded each time he hits his little brother. After a few times of being grounded, Larry's misbehavior toward his little brother decreases. Grounding Larry is an example of.

Grounding Larry is an example of negative punishment.

Explanation:

In Operant Conditioning, punishments are used in order to decrease a specific conduct. These can be either negative (removing a pleasant stimulus)  or positive (adding an aversive stimulus).

In this case, every time Larry hits his little brother he gets grounded, meaning that the pleasant stimulus of not being grounded is removed, thus providing a negative punishment.

The grounding is used to decrease his behavior which does after a few times of being grounded.

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