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  2. Punishment (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Punishment has also been used to psychologically manipulate individuals to gain control over victims. For example: in trauma bonding, an abuser may try punishment in order keep control over their victim. Signs of trauma bonding include the following: [1] an intense emotional connection between the victim and abuser

  3. Reinforcement - Wikipedia

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    [10]: 252 The main difference is that reinforcement always increases the likelihood of a behavior (e.g., channel surfing while bored temporarily alleviated boredom; therefore, there will be more channel surfing while bored), whereas punishment decreases it (e.g., hangovers are an unpleasant stimulus, so people learn to avoid the behavior that ...

  4. Punishment - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, punishment is the reduction of a behavior via application of an unpleasant stimulus ("positive punishment") or removal of a pleasant stimulus ("negative punishment"). Extra chores or spanking are examples of positive punishment, while removing an offending student's recess or play privileges are examples of negative punishment.

  5. 'A difference between discipline and punishment,' Marion City ...

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    “Our intent always it to keep students in school,” Marion City School Superintendent Ron Iarussi said.

  6. Discipline - Wikipedia

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    Such enforcement is sometimes based on punishment, although there is a clear difference between the two. One way to convey such differences is through the root meaning of each word: discipline means “to teach”, while punishment means “to correct or cause pain”. While punishment might extinguish unwanted behavior in the moment, it is ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Behaviorism - Wikipedia

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    Behaviorism is a systematic approach to understand the behavior of humans and other animals. [1] [2] It assumes that behavior is either a reflex elicited by the pairing of certain antecedent stimuli in the environment, or a consequence of that individual's history, including especially reinforcement and punishment contingencies, together with the individual's current motivational state and ...

  9. School discipline - Wikipedia

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    Consequences defy the traditional methods of punitive punishment and instead give students an opportunity for restoration. [67] Restorative justice focuses on relationship building and the community as a whole over the individual student and their offence, creating a sense that everyone has a part in the community and it is everyone's ...