I guess I would want to clarify what he means (i.e., who is being reinforced and what is the unpleasant stimuli being removed?).
The other day I had a student try to convince me that giving a child dessert was an unpleasant for the child. > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C6FB7E.33AA7CE0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > My test item: Give an example of negative reinforcement > Student wrote "removing a guitar from its case." > > Comments invited. > > Michael Sylvester,PhD > Daytona Beach,Florida > ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C6FB7E.33AA7CE0 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD> > <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = > charset=3Diso-8859-1"> > <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=3DGENERATOR> > <STYLE></STYLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My test item: Give an example of = > negative=20 > reinforcement</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Student wrote "removing a guitar from = > its=20 > case."</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Comments invited.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Michael Sylvester,PhD</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Daytona = > Beach,Florida</FONT></DIV> ---<BR> To make changes to your subscription go to:<BR> http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english<BR> </BODY></HTML> > > ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C6FB7E.33AA7CE0--