positive reinforcing stimulus
- noun
- Specialized
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estímulo reforzador positivo
- The therapist used a piece of candy as a positive reinforcing stimulus to encourage the child to complete the task.
Examples
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Receiving praise from a teacher can serve as a positive reinforcing stimulus for good classroom behavior.
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Salary bonuses act as a positive reinforcing stimulus for employees to achieve higher performance.
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A positive reinforcing stimulus can motivate students to learn.
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Teachers often use a positive reinforcing stimulus to encourage good behavior.
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Receiving praise from a teacher can serve as a positive reinforcing stimulus for good classroom behavior.
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Salary bonuses act as a positive reinforcing stimulus for employees to achieve higher performance.
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The therapist used a piece of candy as a positive reinforcing stimulus to encourage the child to complete the task.
Synonyms
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Something given after an action to make that action happen more often
A thing given after a behavior that makes it more likely to happen again
A thing that makes someone repeat an action, like food or praise
Something like praise or a reward that makes someone do something again
Antonyms
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A thing taken away to make an action less likely, for example leaving a room when a child cries
How Reinforcing
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Surface Forms
Morphology
positive + reinforce + stimulus
The meaning is directly compositional: 'positive' (favourable) + 'reinforcing' (increasing likelihood) + 'stimulus' (something that triggers a response) clearly yields a stimulus that increases a behaviour through positive reinforcement. Although the term is technical in psychology, its sense can be derived from the constituent words and common adjective+participle+noun patterns, so a learner who knows the parts will understand it.
Etymology
The noun positive reinforcing stimulus is like a small reward given right after a wanted action. Positive means adding something good, reinforcing means making the action stronger, and stimulus is something that causes a reaction, so the reward makes the action 'happen again' more often.