Psychology / Unit 5 Psych 0547 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Negative Reinforcement Error
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The idea
It is an error to treat negative reinforcement as a form of punishment.
In practice
Taking painkillers to end a headache is negative reinforcement, and pill-taking becomes more frequent, not less.
Where people slip
Positive and negative name what happened to the stimulus. Reinforcement and punishment name what happened to the behavior.
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