vicarious punishment
vicarious punishment · vicarious punishments
A type of social learning in which a person is dissuaded from committing a certain…A type of social learning in which a person is dissuaded from committing a certain act, as a result of seeing others punished for the same action.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A type of social learning in which a person is dissuaded from committing a certain act, as a result of seeing others punished for the same action.
Forms
plural: vicarious punishments| Singular | vicarious punishment |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable