Near the beginning of the film, Venkman conducts an experiment in which he says he is using Negative Reinforcement. Two test subjects guess the symbol on the back of the card. Venkman administers electric shock for wrong answers, and gives praise for correct answers. Psychologically and Scientifically speaking, Negative Reinforcement is the subtraction of a variable in order to reinforce/increase the frequency of a desired behavior. Venkman is actually engaging in Positive Punishment, the addition of a variable or stimulus (electric shock) to decrease the frequency of a behavior (wrong answers). In Behavioral Psychology, Negative and Positive refer to the addition or subtraction of a variable in order to enhance or discourage a given behavior.

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Ghostbusters (Acchiappafantasmi) (1984)

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