LEARNING
OPERANT CONDITIONING
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Question
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the punishment produces an unwanted aggressive response.
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the punishment does not immediately follow the undesirable behaviour.
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desirable behaviour replaces the undesirable behaviour following the punishment.
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undesirable behaviour is increased due to the attention received through punishment.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Negative punishment is an important concept in B. F. Skinner’s theory of operant conditioning. In behavioral psychology, the goal of punishment is to decrease unwanted behavior. In the case of negative punishment, it involves taking something good or desirable away to reduce the occurrence of a particular behavior.
Detailed explanation-2: -In operant conditioning, positive and negative do not mean good and bad. Instead, positive means you are adding something, and negative means you are taking something away. Reinforcement means you are increasing a behavior, and punishment means you are decreasing a behavior.
Detailed explanation-3: -Since reinforcement focuses on increasing a desired behavior and punishment focuses on reducing an unwanted behavior but does not teach a replacement for it, it is typically recommended to use positive reinforcement when trying to make a behavior change.
Detailed explanation-4: -While the goal of reinforcement is to reinforce the desired behavior, the goal of punishment is to make an undesired behavior less likely to happen, continue or strengthen in the future.