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Negative reinforcement trap means unwittingly reinforcing a behavior you want to discourage.
Negative reinforcer refers to any event that, when terminated or prevented by a behavior, increases the rate of that behavior.
Negative relationship is a term used In a Correlational study, when there is a tendency for two (2) variables to change in opposite directions.
Negative self -statements refer to self-critical thoughts that increase anxiety and lower performance.
Negative sensations is a term which according to Fechner refer to sensations that occur below the absolute threshold and are therefore below the level of awareness.
Negative state relief theory refers to the proposition that people help others in order to relieve their own distress
negative symptom refers to less outgoing symptom, such as flat affect (toneless speech , vacant gaze) or poor speech, displayed by some people with Schizophrenia .
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