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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

do you mean negative reinforcement?

it's like a grid right

  • positive = add
  • negative = remove
  • reinforcement = good thing
  • punishment = bad thing

so things that we want:

  • positive reinforcement = add good thing
  • negative punishment= remove bad thing

things we don't want

  • negative reinforcement= remove good thing
  • positive punishment= add bad thing
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Close, but in operant conditioning, reinforcement encourages good behavior, and punishment discourages bad. So it's:

Positive reinforcement: add good thing in response to desirable behavior Negative reinforcement: remove bad thing in response to desirable behavior

Positive punishment: add bad thing in response to undesirable behavior Negative punishment: remove good thing in response to undesirable behavior

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

ah that's right, been a while since sociology courses lol

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Folks should be prepared to deal with all of those. And even operate normally while only experiencing the negative varieties, without thinking the sky is falling on them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

At the same time, people shouldn't tolerate toxic environment.