20 Mistakes You Probably Missed In Ghostbusters Movies
3. Thats Not Negative Reinforcement, Peter
Were introduced to Peter Venkman as something of a ladies man and trickster at the very start of the first film when it is shown that hes willing to do pretty much anything to score, including ruining an experiment hes running. He uses negative reinforcement to test his subjects, but the form his experiment takes is actually positive punishment, which is an entirely different form, and involves adding a stimulus to encourage behaviour, rather than removing one (which negative reinforcement does). But then, if youre splitting hairs, Venkman probably doesnt care for strict psychological terms, given that hes trying to get laid and reinforce his own masculinity.
