Positive and negative punishment
Lesson 27 of 36 in RBT Exam Prep. The start plays free here.
- A consequence reduces behavior
- Something may be added
- Something may be removed
- Documented plan + verified competence
- Add a stimulus; behavior decreases
- Remove a stimulus; behavior decreases
- Time-out: negative punishment
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How the lesson starts
A consequence follows a behavior and reduces how often it happens. That's punishment. The consequence can involve adding something or taking something away.
Your supervisor asks you to implement time-out. You need both a documented behavior-change plan that includes it and your supervisor's verification of your competence before implementing it.
Then, in the full lesson
- Positive punishment
- Negative punishment
- Time-out
- 2 questions along the way
A question from this lesson
A training case describes an unpleasant sound added after shouting. Shouting decreases. Which procedure does this show?
- Positive punishment
- Negative punishment
- Time-out
Show the answer
A. Positive punishment. Positive punishment adds a stimulus and decreases behavior. Negative punishment removes a pleasant stimulus. Time-out is negative punishment, not the addition described here.
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- All 43 outline tasks
- 85 questions, 90 minutes
- Explains each wrong answer
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