I could definitely say that I have experienced these different types of punishments and reinforcements at least once in my life. Starting off with the positive reinforcement in a very simple experience regarding pets, now I do not own a pet myself but this is coming from past experiences. I once saw a friend of mine trying to teach his new dog to sit and obviously the dog wouldn’t simply sit, so my friend brought him a treat in which he rewarded him whenever the dog would sit down. Now sure the dog would accidently sit and still be rewarded a treat, however, the dog soon realized that the only way to get the treat is for him to sit when his owner said the word “sit” so this reward following a desired behavior with the goal of achieving the
