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Baron, A.; Galizio, M. – Behavior Analyst, 2006
It is customary in behavior analysis to distinguish between positive and negative reinforcement in terms of whether the reinforcing event involves onset or offset of a stimulus. In a previous article (Baron & Galizio, 2005), we concluded that a distinction of these terms is not only ambiguous but has little if any functional significance. Here, we…
Descriptors: Negative Reinforcement, Positive Reinforcement, Stimuli, Behavior Change

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