Answer:
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.
<span>Children who have conduct disorders who also show significant callous-emotional traits tend to exhibit these sorts of problems. Parenting that is not authoritative can lead to the child acting out around others and other types of misbehavior if the issues are not resolved.</span>
An external locus of control or lack of focus or test anxiety
