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Turns out the naughty step works: Punishment is better than reward at changing behaviour, study finds

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This suggests that while rewards could change behaviour, it depended on the size of the reward being offered, while punishments of any size seemed to have a greater effect.  It seems disciplinarians may have been right after all – the stick really is more effective than the carrot. Psychologists have found that people are more

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