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Behavioral Psychology

Within the contents of this short essay I will attempt to define four terms used in behavioral psychology. I will give you actual short definitions and then my interpretation. I will then discuss the ethical issues surrounding these methods psychology. Positive Punishment: (1 of 4), the short version of the actual term is: weakening of a response by presenting unpleasant stimulus after. Negative Punishment: (2 of 4), actual term: weakening of response by removing pleasant stimulus after. Positive Reinforcement: (3 of 4), shortened term: reduce or remove unpleasant stimulus. Last but not least, Negative Reinforcement: (4 of 4), short term meaning is this: to add or increase ...

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of employment. Now a form of positive punishment would be to suspend the employee’s for 1 to 2 days from work but while this employee is taking their days off you have them study the employee hand book and be prepared to be quizzed on it upon returning to work. The outcome is (hopefully) that the employee learns something or is refreshed on policies and you have made yourself clear to the employee and co-workers that being late to work repeatedly will not be tolerated.
Next we have my definition or understanding of the term negative punishment. To me negative punishment means or is to take something of emotional or physical value from a child or person to punish them for doing something they should not have. Here is an actual example I am taking from my own life to try to explain what I feel it means. When I was about . . . Oh I would say from about 10 to 13years old I could not stand to read (unlike now) I did not have any reading comprehension skills or understanding ...

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Added: 8/8/2011 01:44:33 AM
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Category: Psychology
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