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Is anyone here an expert of behaviorism / operant conditioning?
http://www.simplypsychology.org/operant-conditioning.html
Punishment is considered to be a means of stopping a behavior(aversion therapy), yet in receiving a strong unpleasant stimulus isn't it more likely that a subject would form a fixative relationship with the unpleasant object? The experience could make a psychological imprint that could cause PTSD or subconscious side-effects.
Depending on the circumstances, aversion therapy seems it could do more harm than good, especially considering development of hostile behavior toward the punishment-giver.
http://www.simplypsychology.org/operant-conditioning.html
B.F. Skinner (1938) coined the term operant conditioning; it means roughly changing of behavior by the use of reinforcement which is given after the desired response. Skinner identified three types of responses or operant that can follow behavior.
- Neutral operants: responses from the environment that neither increase nor decrease the probability of a behavior being repeated.
- Reinforcers: Responses from the environment that increase the probability of a behavior being repeated. Reinforcers can be either positive or negative.
- Punishers: Response from the environment that decrease the likelihood of a behavior being repeated. Punishment weakens behavior.
Punishment is considered to be a means of stopping a behavior(aversion therapy), yet in receiving a strong unpleasant stimulus isn't it more likely that a subject would form a fixative relationship with the unpleasant object? The experience could make a psychological imprint that could cause PTSD or subconscious side-effects.
Depending on the circumstances, aversion therapy seems it could do more harm than good, especially considering development of hostile behavior toward the punishment-giver.