Negative reinforcement expands the likelihood of a response that eliminates or avoids an aversive condition. Furthermore, this form of reinforcement transpires when something already existing is removed as a consequence of an individual's behavior, fashioning a positive result for that individual. Negative means taking away something that an individual does not like, rather than adding something the individual likes. In this way, negative reinforcement is based on the decrease of something undesired. This form of reinforcement is the foundation of escape conditioning. Escape conditioning learning to escape or avoid an aversive situation and being reinforced by the decrease in aversion. Furthermore, escape conditioning can lead to avoidance
