David looks forward to the weekends when he is permitted to drive his dad's car. when david comes home several hours after his curfew, his dad tells him that he will not be permitted to drive the car for a month. in this example, not driving the car is best associated with which process?

Negative punishment                    

Explanation:

Negative punishment: The term negative punishment is a part of the theory of operant conditioning given by B.F.Skinner. The term negative punishment is defined as a process of removing or taking something advantageous or desirable away from an organism to reduce or diminish the occurrence of a specific behavior.

In other words, negative punishment which is a part of punishment reflects the process of removal of a few favorite stimuli or items from an individual's life.

Example: Losing access to a toy from a boy.

answer; i believe the correct answer is (a) the correlation between the cause variable and outcome variable is zero;