Psychiatry and Psychology

Punishment

The application of an unpleasant stimulus or penalty for the purpose of eliminating or correcting undesirable behavior.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The application of an unpleasant stimulus or penalty for the purpose of eliminating or correcting undesirable behavior.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Punishments

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Aspects Covered

2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings history, psychology.

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Indexing Annotation

human & animal

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Tree Numbers

  1. F02w.463w.425w.770w.571w
  2. I01w.880w.630w.716w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Punishment. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011678. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011678
  2. Punishment. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punishment
  3. Punishment. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q186361