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Reinforcer

(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it

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Reinforcement noun · 85% connection

(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Behavioural psychology, Psychology.
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Reinforcing stimulus noun · 85% connection

(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Behavioural psychology, Psychology.
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Cognitive operation noun · 78% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.
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Cognitive process noun · 78% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.
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Generalisation noun · 78% connection

(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus

Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.
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Generalization noun · 78% connection

(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus

Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.
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Mental process noun · 78% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.
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Operation noun · 78% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.
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Process noun · 78% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.
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Stimulus generalisation noun · 78% connection

(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus

Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.
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Stimulus generalization noun · 78% connection

(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus

Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.
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Behaviorism noun · 78% connection

an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior

Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.
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Behavioristic psychology noun · 78% connection

an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior

Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.
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Behaviourism noun · 78% connection

an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior

Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.
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Classical conditioning noun · 78% connection

conditioning that pairs a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that evokes a reflex; the stimulus that evokes the reflex is given whether…

Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.
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Cognition noun · 78% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.
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Conditioning noun · 78% connection

a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment

Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.
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All-or-none law noun · 78% connection

(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, stimulus, strengthens, weakens, behavior.
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Breath noun · 78% connection

Fig.: That which gives or strengthens life.

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Buttress noun · 78% connection

Anything which supports or strengthens.

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Clinical psychology noun · 78% connection

the branch of psychology concerned with the treatment of abnormal mentation and behavior

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Configurationism noun · 78% connection

(psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties

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Constitutional psychology noun · 78% connection

(Psychology) a school of thought postulating that the personality of an individual is dependent on the type of their physique (somatot…

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Corroborative noun · 78% connection

A medicine that strengthens; a corroborant.

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Counter conditioning noun · 78% connection

conditioning in which a second incompatible response is conditioned to an already conditioned stimulus; "counter conditioning lies beh…

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Digester noun · 78% connection

A medicine or an article of food that aids digestion, or strengthens digestive power.

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Edifier noun · 78% connection

One who edifies, builds up, or strengthens another by moral or religious instruction.

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Enfeebler noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, weakens or makes feeble.

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Evoked potential noun · 78% connection

the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus; "he measured evoked potentials with an electro…

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