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<em> (removing a pleasant stimulus) </em>or positive <em>(adding an aversive stimulus). </em>
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 <em>negative punishment. </em>
The grounding is used to decrease his behavior which does after a few times of being grounded.
