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REINFORCING STIMULUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
Synonyms:
reinforcement; reinforcer; reinforcing stimulus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reinforcing stimulus" is a kind of...):
input; stimulant; stimulation; stimulus (any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action)
Domain category:
psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reinforcing stimulus"):
positive reinforcer; positive reinforcing stimulus (a reinforcing stimulus that serves to increase the likelihood of the response that produces it)
negative reinforcer; negative reinforcing stimulus (a reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it)
