Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of reinforcing or the state of being reinforced.
- noun Something that reinforces.
- noun Additional personnel or equipment sent to support a military action.
- noun The occurrence or experimental introduction of an unconditioned stimulus along with a conditioned stimulus.
- noun The strengthening of a conditioned response by such means.
- noun An event, circumstance, or condition that increases the likelihood that a given response will recur in a situation like that in which the reinforcing condition originally occurred.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of reinforcing.
- noun Additional force; fresh assistance; specifically, additional troops or forces to augment the strength of a military or naval force.
- noun Any augmentation of strength or force by something added.
- noun Splints of rigid material built into a compound or sinew-backed bow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
reënforcement .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The act, process, or state of
reinforcing or being reinforced. - noun countable A thing that
reinforces . - noun in the plural
Additional troops ormateriel sent tosupport amilitary action . - noun uncountable The process whereby a
behavior with desirableconsequences comes to be repeated.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun information that makes more forcible or convincing
- noun a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- noun a device designed to provide additional strength
- noun (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
- noun an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
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Examples
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"Lack of positive reinforcement is just as perditious as saying something out of jealousy," painter Frank Webb said.
Daniel Grant: There's a Lot of Backbiting Among Artists Daniel Grant 2010
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"Lack of positive reinforcement is just as perditious as saying something out of jealousy," painter Frank Webb said.
Daniel Grant: There's a Lot of Backbiting Among Artists Daniel Grant 2010
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The most powerful reinforcement is called variable reinforcement.
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There have been studies that show that an animal will endure a great deal of punishment in order to have access to reinforcement - reinforcement is a very powerful tool that trainers would be wise to consider in their training plans.
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The most powerful reinforcement is called variable reinforcement.
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I remembered from my college psychology courses that the strongest form of reinforcement is random positive, and Ariely agreed.
Twitter, truck 'ghettos' and consumer behavior Joe Yonan 2010
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Golborne said experts will have to analyze the soil and rock around the bore to determine if a metal reinforcement is needed to secure the shaft.
Officials Say Rescue Shaft Could Reach Chilean Miners by Saturday 2010
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Consider: we know, thanks to B.F. Skinner, that positive reinforcement is the most effective means of altering behaviour.
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Once the reinforcement is strong, “even when you take the food away, they keep pressing for a really long time.”
Twitter, truck 'ghettos' and consumer behavior Joe Yonan 2010
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There have been studies that show that an animal will endure a great deal of punishment in order to have access to reinforcement - reinforcement is a very powerful tool that trainers would be wise to consider in their training plans.
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