HyperDic: negative_reinforcer

English > 1 sense of the expression negative reinforcer:
NOUNcognitionnegative reinforcer, negative reinforcing stimulusa reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it
English > negative reinforcer: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it.
Synonymnegative reinforcing stimulus
Broaderreinforcing stimulus, reinforcer, reinforcement(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens / weakens the behavior that produced it

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