reinforcement
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Research
232,717 papers- Delayed reinforcement of operant behavior.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2010
- Behavioral mechanisms underlying nicotine reinforcement.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2015
- Delayed reinforcement hinders subsequent extinction.Biochemical and biophysical research communications · 2022
- The reinforcement-enhancing effects of nicotine: implications for the relationship between smoking, eating and weight.Physiology & behavior · 2011
- Motivational views of reinforcement: implications for understanding the behavioral functions of nucleus accumbens dopamine.Behavioural brain research · 2002
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35 sectionsContents
- Terminology
- Overview
- History
- Operant conditioning
- Positive reinforcement
- Negative reinforcement
- Extinction
- Reinforcement versus punishment
- Further ideas and concepts
- Primary and secondary reinforcers<span class="anchor" id="Conditioned reinforcer"></span>
- Other reinforcement terms
- Natural and artificial reinforcement
- Intermittent reinforcement schedules
- Simple schedules
- Effects of different types of simple schedules
- Compound schedules
- Superimposed schedules
- Concurrent schedules
- Shaping
- Chaining
- Mathematical models
- Applications
- Addiction and dependence
- Animal training
- Child behavior – parent management training
- Economics
- Gambling – variable ratio scheduling
- Praise
- Traumatic bonding
- Video games
- Criticisms
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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In behavioral psychology, reinforcement refers to consequences that increase the likelihood of an organism's future behavior, typically in the presence of a particular antecedent stimulus. For example, a rat can be trained to push a lever to receive food whenever a light is turned on; in this example, the light is the antecedent stimulus, the lever pushing is the operant behavior, and the food is the reinforcer. Likewise, a student that receives attention and praise when answering a teacher's question will be more likely to answer future questions in class; the teacher's question is the antecedent, the student's response is the behavior, and the praise and attention are the reinforcements. Punishment is the inverse to reinforcement, referring to any behavior that decreases the likelihood that a response will occur. In operant conditioning terms, punishment does not need to involve any type of pain, fear, or physical actions; even a brief spoken expression of disapproval is a type of punishment.