Chapter 8: Positive Punishment

Punisher (aversive stimulus)

* A stimulus

that decreases the future frequency of a response that its presentation follows.

Positive punishment contingency (punishment)

* The response-contingent

* presentation of

* a punisher

* resulting in a decreased frequency of that response.

Overcorrection

* A contingency

* on inappropriate behavior

* requiring the person

* to engage in an effortful response

* that more than corrects

* the effects of the inappropriate behavior.

The sick social cycle (victim's punishment model)

* The perpetrator's aversive behavior punishes

* the victim's appropriate behavior,

* and the victim's stopping the appropriate behavior

* unintentionally reinforces that aversive behavior.