CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Glossary. negative punishment: taking away a pleasant stimulus to decrease or stop a behavior. negative reinforcement: taking away an undesirable stimulus to increase a behavior.

Detailed explanation-2: -Negative punishment is the opposite of positive punishment. It’s when you take something away from the child until the unwanted behavior changes. An easy example of negative punishment is taking away some sort of toy from the child if they are not staying on task or performing the preferred behavior.

Detailed explanation-3: -Negative punishment: something is “taken away” from the mix that makes the behavior less likely to continue or reoccur (i.e., something pleasant is removed from the subject to discourage their behavior).

Detailed explanation-4: -With negative punishment, you take away a positive reinforcement in response to a behavior. For example, an older sister picks on her younger brother. The punishment is the parent taking away her favorite toy. The girl stops picking on her brother as a result.

Detailed explanation-5: -Positive punishment involves adding an aversive consequence after an undesired behavior is emitted to decrease future responses. Negative punishment includes taking away a certain reinforcing item after the undesired behavior happens in order to decrease future responses.