negative punishment

punishment that results because some stimulus or circumstance is removed as a consequence of a response. For example, if a response results in a subtraction of money from an accumulating account, and the response becomes less likely as a result of this experience, then negative punishment has occurred. Compare positive punishment.

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Psychology term of the day

January 30th 2025

Alström–Hallgren syndrome

a familial disorder that is characterized by obesity, deafness, visual disorders, and diabetes and occasionally associated with mental disorders. [Carl-Henry Alström (1907–1993), Swedish physician; Bertil Hallgren, 20th-century Swedish geneticist]