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What is negative reinforcement?

What is negative reinforcement? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The removal of a discouraging stimulus associated with a particular behaviour with the result that it is more likely to be repeated
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There are far fewer people who need negative reinforcement than those who need the positive.
Maybe I did not need all that early negative reinforcement to have become a conscientious doctor.
This negative reinforcement is the root of physical or pharmacological addiction.
There are a lot of kids out there who need help who are getting a lot of negative reinforcement.
They can learn using habituation, desensitization, classical conditioning, and operant conditioning, and positive and negative reinforcement.
I find positive reinforcement works better than negative reinforcement.

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