Hmm, I wonder if providing a lot of negative reinforcement on some attribute of them you don’t care about would make the positive reinforcements more effective on the things you do care about.
The example you give is either punishment of the other attributes or negative reinforcement of the desired behavior (if you look at it from the perspective of taking away the aversive stimulus only when the math is done.)
The example you give is either punishment of the other attributes or negative reinforcement of the desired behavior (if you look at it from the perspective of taking away the aversive stimulus only when the math is done.)