Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by reinforcer or diminished by a punisher. This theory was founded by B.F. Skinner.
Learning is a relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience.
Punishment is an event that decreases the behavior that follows it.
All of the terms above have to do with the following Friends clip: Chandler in the Box
Chandler kisses Joey's current girlfriend and joey decides to punish him by making him sit in a box for 3 hours. So he can think about what he did, to show how much Joey's friendship means to him, and because it is physically painful. Joey wants Chandler to learn that you shouldn't mess with your friends girlfriend.
This would be a positive form of punishment because Joey is giving Chandler something bad, making him sit in a box.
*Definitions from book.
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