Sheldon wants to avoid extinction.
But in the episode, Sheldon chose to play up his displeasure with Penny's increased intrusion into his orderly existence by misinterpreting Leonard's advice to "catch more flies with honey than with vinegar" as approval to treat Penny like a lab rat, i.e., modifying her behavior with honey. Getting up to escape the grating alarm. taking an antacid before a spicy meal. applying sunscreen before to going to the beach to avoid getting burned. Leave the house as early as you can to avoid traffic.
Positive punishment is when you add a consequence to undesirable behavior. This measure is taken to reduce its appeal. A good example of a positive punishment is adding more chores to the list when your youngster disregards their responsibilities. Sheldon claims that he is using operant conditioning on Penny as a result of the study done by Thorndike and Skinner.
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