Describe the difference between positive punishment and negative punishment

-Positive Punishment
Punishment is used to stop negative behaviors. Although it sounds confusing to
refer to a punishment as positive, in operant conditioning, positive means adding a
consequence that will deter the child from repeating the behavior. Of course when
it comes to discipline, it’s important to distinguish that there is a difference between
consequences and punishment.
consequences and punishment.
Positive punishments have a place in healthy discipline but they should not be relied
on too heavily. When kids receive positive punishment too often, it can cause them
to focus more on their anger toward their parents for the punishment rather than
truly learning from their mistake and focusing on how to do things differently.
One of the most common examples of positive punishment is spanking. There is
a lot of research that indicates that spanking can be detrimental to children and
can increase aggression and other behavior problems. There are certainly many
alternatives to spanking that don’t involve physical discipline.
Specific examples of positive punishment include:
• Parents give a child extra chores to do when he lies about cleaning his bedroom
• A teenager is allowed to face natural consequences when his parents allow
him to go to school without his homework done and he receives a zero.
• A child says a swear word and his parents tell him to write 100 sentences
saying he will not swear again.
-Negative Punishment
Negative reinforcement is when a child is motivated to change his behavior because
it will take away something unpleasant. A child who stops a behavior because his
parent is yelling at him is trying to get rid of the negative reinforcer (the yelling).
Negative reinforcement should be used sparingly with kids as it is less likely to be
as effective as positive reinforcement.
Specific examples of negative reinforcement include:
• A mother nags her son to do his chores every night so one night he decides to
do his chores right when he gets home from school to avoid hearing her nag.
• A child has been getting into arguments with peers at the bus stop so his
mother decides to go to the bus stop with him every day. He begins behaving
at the bus stop so his mother won’t wait for the bus with him.
• A teenager complains about not wanting to go to school the entire ride to
school every morning. His father turns on talk radio loudly to drown him out.
The next day the teenager stops complaining so his father won’t turn on talk
radio.

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Titany answered the question on November 29, 2021 at 11:15