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Welfare: Good intentions… Harmful consequences? Negative punishment and the welfare trap.
One way in which the welfare system may discourage individuals from becoming self-sufficient is through negative punishment, a concept in psychology that involves the removal of a desirable stimulus or consequence in response to a behavior, with the goal of decreasing the likelihood of that behavior occurring again in the future.