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Negative reinforcement __________ responding; punishment __________ responding.

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Answer: increases,decreases

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Negative reinforcement is a term first described under "the theory of the operant conditioning" which was given by an American psychologist B. F. Skinner. In the negative reinforcement, behavior or a response is mostly strengthened either by removing, stopping, or by avoiding the negative result or outcome or the aversive stimulus.

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