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REINFORCEMENT

• Anything that increases the likelihood that a certain response will occur.

NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT

• Negative reinforcement serves to encourage a certain positive behavior by taking away a negative stimulus.

• Example: If someone does something wrong, they get a thumbs down. Then they know they did something wrong.

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT

• Positive reinforcement involves anything that follows a behavior that makes it more likely that the behavior will occur again in the future.

• Example: If someone does something right, they get thumbs up. Then they know that they did something right and they will continue to do so.

PUNISHMENT

• Any change that occurs after a behavior that reduces the likelihood of that behavior occurring again in the future.

NEGATIVE PUNISHMENT

• Negative punishment occurs when something desired is taken away as a consequence of a certain behavior.

• Example: A dog uses the bathroom on the carpet. To punish the dog, the owner takes away the dog’s toys. .Hopefully the dog will learn his lesson

POSITIVE PUNISHMENT

• Presenting an unfavorable outcome or event following an undesirable behavior.

• Example: A mother tell her daughter that if she gets in trouble again, then she will get a spanking.

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• Reinforcement-http://psychology.about.com/od/operantconditioning/f/reinforcement.htm

• Negative Reinforcement-http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-negative-reinforcement.htm

• Positive Reinforcement-http://psychology.about.com/od/operantconditioning/f/positive-reinforcement.htm

• Punishment-http://psychology.about.com/od/operantconditioning/f/punishment.htm

• Negative punishment-http://phobias.about.com/od/glossary/g/negpunish.htm

• Positive punishment-http://psychology.about.com/od/operantconditioning/f/positive-punishment.htm