reinforcement
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- noun
- /ˌriːɪnˈfɔːrsmənt/
- Positive reinforcement can encourage students to participate more actively in class.
- positive reinforcement
- negative reinforcement
- reinforcement schedule
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Watch on YouTubeGood luck getting any kind of positive reinforcement if you're a young boy.
- Good luck getting any kind of positive reinforcement if you're a young boy.
- They're not working in a, in a cycle where they get reinforcement for how to get better.
- But the most problematic cognitive bias in science is social reinforcement, also known as group sync.
- So it's, it's really helpful to just create those reinforcement mechanisms.
- But the variable reinforcement that they know exactly it works just like Vegas.
- That punishment, we know, doesn't work as well as those rewards as that positive reinforcement to shape behavior.
- In which when this happens though, it's done with reinforcement from reward or punishment, right?
- Burden isn't to join some tribe who, who you know, you'll get social reinforcement from for, you know, conforming to.
- All right, So we'll make micro shifts using structure, accountability and reinforcement.
- I think anybody that believes that they're driven by a pure love and positive reinforcement is usually confused.
- So if there's this whole self reinforce, there's reinforcement between you and the audience and within the self.
- And they're told these days that they have to do positive reinforcement.
Examples
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Finally, students need to receive positive reinforcement for correctly demonstrating a modeled behavior.
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And this is so important because positive reinforcement is what we're talking about.
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Giving him some positive reinforcement, Doc
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We can also do more to reward and use positive reinforcement with students for learning activities.
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The research showed that reading strategies can be taught through practice and reinforcement in the classroom.
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Students frequently cited the need for positive reinforcement and support in the new environment.
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Are students provided with positive reinforcement when they make nutritionally beneficial choices in the cafeteria?
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Teachers often use reinforcement techniques to promote good behavior among their students.
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By offering rewards, parents can implement reinforcement to strengthen their children's good habits.
Synonyms
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Something given to a person to thank them for doing something good
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A thing that makes a person want to do something, often a reward
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Something given after an action to make that action happen more often
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Something like praise or a reward that makes someone do something again
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A thing that makes someone repeat an action, like food or praise
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A thing given after a behavior that makes it more likely to happen again
Something pleasant that someone gives after a behavior to make it happen again
Antonyms
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An action that makes someone suffer for breaking a rule, like a fine or time in prison
How Reinforced
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reinforcement comes from the verb reinforce (from re- 'again' and force 'strength'), so in behavior it means to make an action stronger by giving a reward or other encouragement.