. Molly catches her dog chewing on her favorite slippers. Molly swats the dog on the nose so that it will not chew her slippers again. The type of operant conditioning that is occurring in the scenar

This is an example of positive punishment. In this context, "positive" refers to adding something to the situation and "punishment" refers to a consequence that weakens a behavior. Molly is adding a swat to the dog's nose (an unpleasant stimulus) when the dog chews her slippers, with the intention of decreasing the chance that the dog will chew her slippers in the future. This approach is not generally recommended for effective or humane training.

Negative Punishment. Negative punishment occurs when something is taken away from the subject following an undesired behavior, in this case the dog is being swatted on the nose after it chews on the slippers. This is intended to discourage the dog from repeating the same behavior again in the future.