AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In negative punishment, you remove a pleasant stimulus to decrease a behavior. For example, when a child misbehaves, a parent can take away a favorite toy. In this case, a stimulus (the toy) is removed in order to decrease the behavior.

Detailed explanation-2: -something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness.

Detailed explanation-3: -A child picks his nose during class (behavior) and the teacher reprimands him (aversive stimulus) in front of his classmates. A child touches a hot stove (behavior) and feels pain (aversive stimulus). A person eats spoiled food (behavior) and gets a bad taste in his/her mouth (aversive stimulus).

Detailed explanation-4: -Negative reinforcement involves the removal of something negative to strengthen a behavior. On the other hand, punishment involves either imposing something undesirable or taking away a positive stimulus to weaken or eliminate a behavior.

Detailed explanation-5: -Negative Reinforcement: The act of removing an unpleasant stimulus with the aim of increasing desired behavior.