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  2. Punishment (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    negative punishment, punishment by removal, or type II punishment, a valued, appetitive stimulus is removed (as in the removal of a feeding dish). As with reinforcement, it is not usually necessary to speak of positive and negative in regard to punishment. Punishment is not a mirror effect of reinforcement.

  3. Three-term contingency - Wikipedia

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    Reinforcing consequences increase the likelihood of a behavior occurring in the future; it is further divided into positive and negative reinforcement. Punishing consequences decrease the likelihood of a behavior occurring in the future; like reinforcement, it is divided into positive and negative punishment. An example of punishment may ...

  4. Operant conditioning - Wikipedia

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    "Positive" and "negative" refer to whether a stimulus was added or removed, respectively. Similarly, "reinforcement" and "punishment" refer to the future frequency of the behavior. Reinforcement describes a consequence that makes a behavior occur more often in the future, whereas punishment is a consequence that makes a behavior occur less ...

  5. Behavior modification - Wikipedia

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    Behavior modification is a treatment approach that uses respondent and operant conditioning to change behavior. Based on methodological behaviorism, [1] overt behavior is modified with (antecedent) stimulus control and consequences, including positive and negative reinforcement contingencies to increase desirable behavior, as well as positive and negative punishment, and extinction to reduce ...

  6. Reinforcement - Wikipedia

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    Positive punishment. Example: Corporal punishment, such as spanking a child. Removing/taking away Negative punishment. Example: Loss of privileges (e.g., screen time or permission to attend a desired event) if a rule is broken. Negative reinforcement. Example: Reading a book because it allows the reader to escape feelings of boredom or unhappiness

  7. Reinforcement sensitivity theory - Wikipedia

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    Individuals with more active BIS may be vulnerable to negative emotions, including frustration, anxiety, fear, and sadness. [12] [16] Furthermore, BIS is related to stimuli associated with the presence of punishment and/or the cease of reward, also understood as negative reinforcement. [18] Fight/flight system (FFS)

  8. Time-out (parenting) - Wikipedia

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    He considered removal from a positive emotional environment to one of lesser positivity as a very mild punishment. Various people have added their opinions regarding time-out as the following indicates. Time out is a type two punishment procedure (negative punishment), and is used commonly in schools, colleges, offices, clinics and homes. [8]

  9. Self-control - Wikipedia

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    Components of punishment are also incorporated such as positive punishment and negative punishment. [26] Examples of operant conditioning are commonplace. When a student tells a joke to one of his peers and they all laugh at this joke, this student is more likely to continue this behavior of telling jokes because his joke was reinforced by the ...