What Is the Difference Between Punishment and Negative Reinforcement

question 171

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between punishment and negative reinforcement?

• A) Nothing. They are two different terms for the same thing.
• B) Punishment involves presentation of an aversive consequence, but negative reinforcement involves removal of a positive consequence.
• C) Negative reinforcement is part of operant conditioning, but punishment is used in classical conditioning.
• D) Negative reinforcement strengthens behaviour, but punishment weakens it.

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