title: Skeptic's Corner: Punishment - Destructive Force or Valuable Social "Adhesive"?
abstract: Skepticism that normally focuses on pseudoscientific claims can also be directed at "established" principles of behavior. After discussing some ways in which empirically-derived principles can potentially mislead, as an illustrative example I describe some reasons to wonder whether our understanding of punishment is as established as sometimes assumed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4620, Normal, IL 61761 USA.
authors.forename: Thomas S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Critchfield
keywords: Cooperation; Punishment; Translation