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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam
* negative punishment
reinforcement = the act of trying to promote a behavior; positive adds a good stimulus (i.e. reward), negative removes a bad stimulus
punishment = the act of trying to discourage a behavior; positive removes a good stimulus, negative adds a bad stimulus (i.e. spanking)
strictly based on psychology definitions, anyways.
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Dur, at first I didn't get your point. You're right, punishment and reinforcement are different things. My bad!