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Old 07-03-2009, 12:07 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Nancy1999 View Post
Behaviorists do believe in using punishment. Remember, a punisher is something that decreases the probability of a response, while a reinforcer is something that increases the probability of a respond. A positive reinforcer is something you "give" a negative reinforcer is something you take away. Same with punishers, a positive punisher is something you give, a negative punisher is something you take away.

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True in this but there tends to be a leaning to use the positive reinforcer and the negative punisher over the other two.

Reinforcer_ postive is to use treats.
Negative punisher is to not give the treat use a no reward marker.



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