Negative punishment refers to removing a pleasant stimulus following an unwanted target behavior. The purpose of applying negative punishment is to decrease the chances of that target behavior occurring again. The term negative is used because it refers to the removal of a stimulus, in this context...
To be more specific, a negative punishment aba (applied behavior analysis) example would be taking away a student's toy because they are not completing their required spelling words. The main characteristics and impacts on human behavior of negative punishment include: It results in suppressing or...