(Psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it.
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Examples for "reinforcement"
Examples for "reinforcement"
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This reinforcement raised the confidence of the little party in the hut.
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Here, we investigated whether cannabinoid-opioid interactions modulate motivational effects of food reinforcement.
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Third, our recent demonstration should delay a reinforcement action on their part.
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These results add evidence to the reinforcement of the IEB by SNS.
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Cutting was reinforcement: physical proof that I was damaged, not worth saving.
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Sensitivity to magnitude ratio, however, fell short of sensitivity to reinforcer-rate ratio.
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Conversely, HDAC inhibition did not decrease self-administration for the natural reinforcer sucrose.
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The magnitude of the reinforcer was manipulated independently of the reinforcer ratio.
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Here, we investigated cocaine-mediated effects on reward learning using a natural food reinforcer.
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Thus, this game of chance served as an alternative reinforcer to smoking cocaine.
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The fixed-time schedules were kept constant while the magnitude of the reinforcing stimulus was varied across three levels (low, medium, and high).