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positive reinforcer

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Noun1.positive reinforcer - a reinforcing stimulus that serves to increase the likelihood of the response that produces it
reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus, reinforcement - (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it


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Conditioned Positive Reinforcers is your springboard for personal success.
Contextual factors, establishing operations, antecedent stimuli, positive reinforcers, and other consequences are used in order to produce practical behavior change, according to the article "Defining the Field of Behavior Analysis," a document provided online to educate consumers about ABA.
Other positive reinforcers included food, extra breaks, a smile and positive words, and peer encouragement.
 
 
 
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