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reinforcing stimulus — noun (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it • Syn: ↑reinforcer, ↑reinforcement • Derivationally related forms: ↑reinforce (for: ↑reinforcement), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
negative reinforcing stimulus — noun a reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it • Syn: ↑negative reinforcer • Hypernyms: ↑reinforcing stimulus, ↑reinforcer, ↑reinforcement … Useful english dictionary
positive reinforcing stimulus — noun a reinforcing stimulus that serves to increase the likelihood of the response that produces it • Syn: ↑positive reinforcer • Hypernyms: ↑reinforcing stimulus, ↑reinforcer, ↑reinforcement … Useful english dictionary
Operant conditioning — is a form of psychological learning during which an individual modifies the occurrence and form of its own behavior due to the association of the behavior with a stimulus. Operant conditioning is distinguished from classical conditioning (also… … Wikipedia
Extinction (psychology) — Extinction in psychology refers to the lowering of the probability of a response when a characteristic reinforcing stimulus is no longer presented. In classical conditioning, this refers to the decline of a conditioned response when a conditioned … Wikipedia
Experimental analysis of behavior — The experimental analysis of behavior is the name given to school of psychology founded by B. F. Skinner, and based on his philosophy of radical behaviorism. A central principle was the inductive, data driven [Chiesa, Mecca: Radical Behaviorism:… … Wikipedia
reinforcer — noun (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it • Syn: ↑reinforcing stimulus, ↑reinforcement • Derivationally related forms: ↑reinforce (for: ↑reinforcement), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Motivation — For other uses, see Motivation (disambiguation). Timeline of theorists about student motivation Motivation is the driving force by which humans achieve their goals. Motivation is said to be intrinsic or extrinsic … Wikipedia
negative reinforcer — noun a reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it • Syn: ↑negative reinforcing stimulus • Hypernyms: ↑reinforcing stimulus, ↑reinforcer, ↑reinforcement … Useful english dictionary
positive reinforcer — noun a reinforcing stimulus that serves to increase the likelihood of the response that produces it • Syn: ↑positive reinforcing stimulus • Hypernyms: ↑reinforcing stimulus, ↑reinforcer, ↑reinforcement … Useful english dictionary
