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