The Big Bang Theory - Sheldon Trains Penny II
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I love how shelton still gives penny a chocolate after leonard told him not to hahahaahahaaahahah
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when they lower her voice she sounds depressed. i like her normal voice
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@neuroticpsyc83 It's still hilarious :D
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@STNeish Bazinga!
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@neuroticpsyc83 It is negative reinforcement if he doesn't stop spraying her until she stops the undesired behavior.
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As disappointed as I am by BBT's misuse of "negative reinforcement," it makes me kind of happy in a weird way that the top comments are viewers who also noticed that.
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@STNeish No doubt that this is a regular misconception. I think the show was trying to not dwelling into too much technicality and hence avoided confusion, even in doing so sacrificing some accuracy. Squirting water indeed would be called "positive punishment" rather than "negative reinforcement."
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Psychology. :D
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The actor who portrays Lennard also plays Mr.Piper on Good Luck Charlie! :DD
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@MelonZephos wonder how often they had to retake the scene..XD
Technically, employing punishment isn't negative reinforcement. Negative reinforcement occurs when a negative stimulus is removed as a result of behaviour, thereby making that behaviour more likely (ie. reinforcing it). If he was to cause her some sort of continuous discomfort that was removed when she behaved "correctly," that would be negative reinforcement.
STNeish 1 year ago 53
The analogy they use here for negative reinforcement is incorrect. Negative reinforcement is the "taking away" of an adverse stimulus to increase behavior. "Squirting her in the face with water" is positive punishment, or adding an adverse stimulus to decrease behavior.
neuroticpsyc83 4 months ago 33