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NEGATIVE REINFORCING STIMULUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it
Synonyms:
negative reinforcer; negative reinforcing stimulus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("negative reinforcing stimulus" is a kind of...):
reinforcement; reinforcer; reinforcing stimulus ((psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it)
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