reinforcer

Noun

Meaning

(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it

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Synonyms

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Antonyms

care damage fight opposition block disorder
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Hypernyms

stimulation stimulant input stimulus

Hyponyms

negative reinforcing stimulus negative reinforcer positive reinforcer positive reinforcing stimulus

Phrases with the word

self-reinforcer

Examples

That is, a discriminative stimulus is also a "conditioned reinforcer." Source: Internet

They are strengthened through operant conditioning, sometimes called "instrumental conditioning", in which the occurrence of a response yields a reinforcer. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

reinforcement layer reinforcement learning reinforcement ring reinforcible reinforcing reinforcing stimulus