Growing up I was told by my parents that I “enjoy” negative reinforcement. Stuff like you don’t learn unless we take away stuff from you or berate you to do something. But now that I’m older, it doesn’t seen like it matches the traditional definition and it was more negative punishment. Having the concept simplified would help a lot.
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*Reinforcement* is used to encourage desired behaviour; *punishment* discourages undesired behaviour. *Negative* methods remove a stimulus; *positive* methods add one. *Negative reinforcement*, then, would remove a noxious stimulus as a reward for desired behaviour; *negative punishment* would remove an enjoyed stimulus to discourage undesired behaviour.
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