What Do Positive Punishment and Negative Punishment Have in Common

question 39

Multiple Choice

What do positive punishment and negative punishment have in common?

• A) They are both designed to increase a desired behavior.
• B) They both involve the addition of an undesirable stimulus.
• C) They are both designed to decrease the frequency of a behavior.
• D) They both involve the removal of something pleasurable.

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Definitions:

Psychoanalytic Perspectives

A theoretical approach that seeks to explain human behavior through unconscious motives, conflicts, and childhood experiences.

External World

The outer physical reality that exists independently of individual perceptions and thoughts.

Internal Forces

Forces that act within an object or system, affecting its structure and performance without external influence.

Punishment

An unpleasant stimulus that suppresses behavior.