In Theories of Learning, we are currently discussing punishment and specifically the concept that while intermittent reinforcement produces persistent responding, intermittent punishment is not effective in producing decreased responding. Is this simply because intermittent punishment is basically experienced as intermittent reinforcement? In other words, punishment works to reduce a reinforced behavior so it is always opposed by the reinforcer while reinforcement works to increase a behavior with nothing else in opposition to it. Is there a better way to explain this phenomenon?
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