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Ugh.
The reactions of a person are based upon stimuli, positive and negative re-inforcers. If you do something and it results in something positive, this is a positive reinforcer. For example, rewarding a dog with food when it does something good.
If something is aversive to you and you find a way to take away this stimulus, this is a negative reinforcer. For example, if you have an itch, and you scratch it, and it stops itching, you are more likely to scratch an itch in future.
If a stimulus is presented to you and it means you are less likely to do whatever presented it in future, this is a positive punishment. For example, if you stick your finger into a live plug socket, that motherfucker hurts and you won't do it again.
If a stimulus is taken away from you and it means whatever you did that took it away you are less likely to do in future, this is a negative punishment. For example, if you're playing with toys and you do something to piss off a parent and they take them off you, you get pissy and are less likely to do whatever you did in future.
This is not the only behavioural psychology theory, but it's a start, and I believe that every action you are partial to works upon a similar line of reasoning to this. I probably just alienated everyone by introducing actual psychology into a thread of wild fucking speculation, but whatever.
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