Question

Which of the following perspectives describes how parents seek to discourage undesirable behaviors with punishment?

Answer 1

Answer:

c. cognitive behaviorism.

Explanation:

Parents will use negative reinforcement in the form of punishment to modify external or internal behaviours that they see unwanted.

As punishment is a way of decreasing unwanted behavior, the opposite cause the other effect: rewarding someone will tend to make these actions more common.

Since cognitive behaviourism deals with human behavior, some also actions are product of inner states, and in any cases, both internal or external aspects are taken into account.  

In general behavior therapy will see how to modify the current state of things and set it back to the desired state.