Punishment Consequence

A Punishment Consequence is a consequence that decreases a behavior.

• Context:
  • It can range from being a Positive Punishment to being a Negative Punishment.
  • It can range from being a Unconditioned Punishment to being a Conditioned Punishment.
  • It can range from being a Natural Punishment to being a Designed Punishment.
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• Example(s):
  • a Positive Punishment, such as shouting and hiting.
  • a Negative Punishment, such as removing rights (such as of movement via incarceration).
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Reinforcement.
• See: Retribution, Behaviorism, Antecedent (Behavioral Psychology), Operant Conditioning, Instrumental Conditioning.

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References

2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/reinforcement#Operant_conditioning Retrieved:2014-11-14.
  • QUOTE: … Simply put, reinforcers serve to increase behaviors whereas punishers serve to decrease behaviors; thus, positive reinforcers are stimuli that the subject will work to attain, and negative reinforcers are stimuli that the subject will work to be rid of or to end. The table below illustrates the adding and subtracting of stimuli (pleasant or aversive) in relation to reinforcement vs. punishment.

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