Punishment is when you give one basic bad thing that comes out of a negative action you do. Examples of this can be with kids giving a time out for yelling or giving them a spanking for saying a curse word. Negative reinforcement is showing them many small things someone can't do, do to a negative action that they MAY do, but hasn't been done yet. More examples would be because a child didn't want to finish their dinner A parent may tell they they can't have TV time and do desert. More often than not anyways a punishment is a physical negative effect after doing something bad. Negative reinforcement is more twords verbal warnings before but can be after where things are taken away due to being bad, like a silent treatment.
Answer: The goal of ECT is to decondition fear reactions, to modify mis interpretational cognition related to panic symptoms and to reduce anxiety symptoms.
