![]() ![]() Negative punishment is when a behavior is decreased due to the removal of a desired reinforcer that a person already had access to. For example, a speeding ticket is not a punishment if it does not prevent a person from speeding in the future. Something is NOT a punishment if they do not decrease the behaviors that preceded them even if they are aversive. These are only examples of punishment if they decrease future instances of behavior. ![]() Some examples are a sunburn, a verbal reprimand or a speeding ticket. Positive punishment is when the addition of a stimulus immediately following a behavior decreases the likelihood that the behavior will occur again. There are two different types of punishment: positive punishment and negative punishment. ![]() Something is punishment ONLY if it decreases behavior. Whether a consequence is perceived as “good” or “bad” has nothing to do with punishment in ABA. In ABA terms, punishment occurs when a consequence reduces the occurrences of a behavior. When a behavior is punished, the behavior is always decreased. However, this would only be punishment if it actually prevented the teenager from drinking beer in the future. An example of punishment using a cultural definition would be a teenager being grounded from the movies for drinking a beer. It may not be intuitive by society’s standards that this is punishment. Punishment is when a behavior results in a consequence that makes it less likely to occur again.įor example, if you fall asleep on the beach without any suntan lotion and get a bad sunburn, you would be less likely to do it again. That is not how punishment is defined in applied behavior analysis (ABA). When a person thinks about punishment, they often think about one person doing something “bad” or “aversive” to another person as a negative consequence for what they did. ![]()
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