What do punishment and negative reinforcement have in common?
A) Both can be used to increase behaviour.
B) Both can be used to decrease behaviour.
C) Both involve aversive stimuli.
D) Both involve the removal of appetitive stimuli.
E) Neither involves aversive stimuli.

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Both punishment and negative reinforcement involve aversive stimuli; punishment introduces an aversive stimulus to decrease behavior, while negative reinforcement removes an aversive stimulus to increase behavior.

What Do Punishment and Negative Reinforcement Have in Common