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negative reinforcing stimulus
 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun negative reinforcing stimulus has 1 sense
  1. negative reinforcing stimulus, negative reinforcer - a reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it
    --1 is a kind of reinforcing stimulus, reinforcer, reinforcement

Definitions from the Web

Negative Reinforcing Stimulus

  • Noun (Psychology): A stimulus or event that is removed or avoided to increase the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.
  • Noun (Education): A consequence that is removed or withheld in order to strengthen a particular response or behavior.

Sample Sentences:

  1. The removal of chores acts as a negative reinforcing stimulus for completing homework on time.
  2. In the classroom, extra recess time can be used as a negative reinforcing stimulus to improve student cooperation.

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