Identifying operant conditioning contingencies in general can be tricky and negative reinforcement is a concept that is commonly misunderstood. One reason may be that regular usage of the term ‘negative’ often encourages students to think of this as a qualifier meaning ‘bad’ which they naturally will associate with punishment rather than reinforcement. Negative reinforcement refers more… »

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