Question

Positive punishment ________ the rate of operant responding, and negative punishment ________ the rate of operant responding. increases; decreases decreases; increases decreases; decreases has no effect on; decreases

Answer 1

The answer is Positive punishment decreases the rate of operant responding, and negative punishment increases the rate of operant responding.

An operant response is a conduct that is modifiable by its results. At the point when conduct is modified by its results, the likelihood of that conduct happening again may either increase on account of support or reinforcement or decrease on account of punishment.