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Negative Reinforcement vs Positive Feedback

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Do you think negative reinforcement alone would work in this instance?

If a child just received a negative consequence instead of any positive feedback would that be enough to stop their unwanted behavior?

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A short discussion about whether negative reinforcement alone can stop unwanted behavior.

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Negative reinforcement works much better if paired with positive feedback. This is related to change - the changing of negative behavior to something else, preferably ...

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