Reinforcement involves some sort of reward for a job done satisfactorily. Punishment - This is an action that decreases the likelihood a given individual will perform an undesirable behavior again. An example would be a parent taking away a student's video game console because they did not take...
An example of negative reinforcement would be allowing a student to leave time-out if they apologize for misbehaving. The student does not like having to sit quietly while their classmates are doing other activities, so, the teacher explains that this aversive situation will be removed if the st...