Examples of Positive and Negative Reinforcement and Punishment: Operant Conditioning Explained

Examples of Positive and Negative Reinforcement and Punishment: Operant Conditioning Explained

Positive reinforcement – add something to increase behavior – add something they like to continue behavior (adding yoga after lifting if athletes use good spotting technique)

Negative reinforcement – take something away to increase behavior (only doing 15 burpees instead of the 30 planned to reinforce having good main lifts)

Positive punishment – adding something to decrease behavior (adding sprints to decrease behavior of texting during a lift)

Negative punishment – take something away to decrease behavior (taking away yoga to decrease poor spotting habits)


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00:20 Positive vs Negative
00:36 Positive Reinforcement
00:48 Positive Reinforcement Practical Example
01:18 Negative Reinforcement
01:29 Negative Reinforcement Practical Example
02:00 Positive Punishment
02:11 Positive Punishment Practical Example
02:42 Negative Punishment
02:50 Negative Punishment Practical Example

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