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Khan Academy: Operant Conditioning: Positive and Negative Reinforcement and Punishment

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In operant conditioning, positive and negative do not mean good and bad. Instead, positive means you are adding something, and negative means you are taking something away. Reinforcement means you are increasing a behavior, and punishment means you are decreasing a behavior. [6:59]

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)