Chapter 9: Negative Punishment

Negative punishment contingency (penalty)

* The response-contingent

* removal of

* a reinforcer (positive reinforcer)

* resulting in a decreased frequency of that response.

Response-cost contingency

* The response-contingent removal of

* a tangible reinforcer

* resulting in a decreased frequency of that response.

Time-out contingency

* The response-contingent removal of

* access to a reinforcer

* resulting in a decreased frequency of that response.

Reversal design

* An experimental design

* in which we reverse

* the intervention and baseline conditions

* to assess the effects of those conditions.