definition of negative reinforcement

[Mark A. Casteel]

For what it's worth from a source that has been around for a long time (and 
one from which I taught when I was in grad school)

Baldwin & Baldwin, "Behavior Principles in Everyday Life": "To reinforce 
mean to strengthen, and both positive and negative reinforcement strengthen 
behavior. They both increase the likelihood that people will repeat a 
behavior in the future." . . . Postive reinforcement occurs with teh onset 
of a reinforcing stimulus, and negative reinforcement occurs with the 
termination fo an aversive stimulus."



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Mark A. Casteel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Penn State York
1031 Edgecomb Ave.
York, PA  17403
(717) 771-4028
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