When discussing the motivation of children, one of my colleagues made the
statement that in initial learning negative reinforcement produced faster
learning than positive reinforcement. I personally know of no direct
experimental comparisons, so I was wondering if anyone might be able to
provide a reference or be able to shed some light on the topic.
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