Dana Do’s: Confused About Extinction and Negative Punishment?
PTB founder Dana Meller clears up the common confusion between extinction and negative punishment.
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B.5 Identify and distinguish between positive and negative punishment contingencies.
Dana Do’s: How to Discriminate Between Response Blocking and Extinction
What are the key differences between these these two procedures? PTB co-founder Dana Meller distills the concepts with common and relatable examples we can identify with.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Sections B-9: Define and provide examples of operant extinction; and B-6: Define and provide examples of positive and negative punishment contingencies.
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Dana Do’s: Let’s Clear Up the Confusion Between Punishment and Reinforcement
The concepts of punishment and reinforcement can sometimes confuse exam candidates. PTB co-founder Dana Meller clears things up, explaining nuances between the two and sharing her tips for making better discriminations on exam day.
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Discriminative effects of punishment
When a behavior occurs less often (or not at all) in the presence of certain conditions (SDp).
Negative punishment
A process that occurs when a response is followed immediately by the removal of a stimulus (or a decrease in the intensity of a stimulus) that results in a decrease
Positive punishment
A process that occurs when the addition of a stimulus immediately following a behavior results in a decrease in the future frequency of that behavior.
Punishment
A stimulus change following a behavior that results in that behavior occurring less often or not at all in the future.