Motivating and disciplining employees are often accomplished either through punishment or positive reinforcement. To use these two psychological approaches effectively, a manager needs to understand ...

A "punisher" is defined as an event that follows a given response and reduces the future rate of that behavior. For example, if a child has their video game taken away for not completing their ...

Another one of my pet peeves is the fact that many people – civilians and scientists alike – use the phrase “negative reinforcement” to mean “punishment.” The two are not at all the same; in fact, ...