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Originally Posted by atisketatasket
Think of it as addition and subtraction, not positive and negative. Positive means you get something (gold star), negative means something (a privilege) is taken away. Punishment is broader than that.
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Wait wait wait - I thought I was starting to get it - isn't negative reinforcement when an undesired stimulus is removed. An example my book used was scratching a mosquito bite to remove the itch. And that taking away a privilege was negative punishment. I am so confused!
I think I'm going to go over this section again!