reinforcement
noun
- a reinforcing or being reinforced
- anything that reinforces
- additional troops, ships, etc.
- Physiol., Psychol. any action or event that reinforces a response
See reinforcement in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rēˌĭn-fôrsˈmənt, -fōrsˈ-)
noun- The act or process of reinforcing or the state of being reinforced.
- Something that reinforces.
- Additional personnel or equipment sent to support a military action. Often used in the plural.
- Psychology
a. The occurrence or experimental introduction of an unconditioned stimulus along with a conditioned stimulus.
b. The strengthening of a conditioned response by such means.
c. An event, a circumstance, or a condition that increases the likelihood that a given response will recur in a situation like that in which the reinforcing condition originally occurred.
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