An open discsusion on the consequences of death

[Sorel]

BTW ... Rewards are only one type of positive reinforcement (incorrect, see below). When your parents give you chores as punishment, that's positive reinforcement (incorrect, that's positive punishment). When a hot stove burns you when you touch it, that's positive reinforcement (incorrect, that's also positive punishement). Anything that gives you something as a consequence of your actions, be it money, chores, or pain ... is positive reinforcement (incorrect, it's positive, but not reiforcement). It's one of the reasons why pain is such an effective teacher.

[Neptune]

BTW ... Rewards are only one type of positive reinforcement. When your parents give you chores as punishment, that's positive reinforcement. When a hot stove burns you when you touch it, that's positive reinforcement. Anything that gives you something as a consequence of your actions, be it money, chores, or pain ... is positive reinforcement. It's one of the reasons why pain is such an effective teacher.

You have a strange way of assessing it. You're right that getting chores based on something you did is getting something, however you didn't take into account the taking away of freedom that is part of doing the chores. That's why it's not really positive reinforcement and is really punishment.