Punishment:
Punishment is ANY caregiver behavior, peer behavior or environmental situation that increases the likelihood that the behavior will decrease. Simply removing eye contact with an individual may serve to decrease a behavior when children are seeking caregiver attention by engaging in undesired behaviors (e.g., screaming, pulling objects off a shelf). (*Remember-punishment DOES NOT always mean that the conditions are aversive)
Punishment is ANY caregiver behavior, peer behavior or environmental situation that increases the likelihood that the behavior will decrease. Simply removing eye contact with an individual may serve to decrease a behavior when children are seeking caregiver attention by engaging in undesired behaviors (e.g., screaming, pulling objects off a shelf). (*Remember-punishment DOES NOT always mean that the conditions are aversive)