John lost his wallet. He hopes it is somewhere in his bedroom. He has searched for it but the room is so messy he hasn’t found i

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t and can’t be sure it is there. If John stops leaving his room in a mess in the future, then losing his wallet has functioned as a

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Alenkinab [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-05T23:46:52+03:00

Answer:

If John stops leaving his room in a mess in the future, then losing his wallet has functioned as a negative punishment.

Explanation:

Punishment is taking something that someone likes from them in order to reduce instances of occurrence of a certain unwanted behavior.
Negative punishment is therefore the occurrence of a disliked consequence as a result of an unwanted action.
In the above instance, John losing his wallet is negative, but it achieves a consequent desired behavior of self organization.