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Record 1 2023-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

A stimulus (such as a reward or the removal of an electric shock) that increases the probability of a desired response in operant conditioning by being applied or effected following the desired response.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
  • Comportement humain
DEF

Stimulus qui est un agent de renforcement dans une situation de conditionnement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología cognitiva
  • Comportamiento humano
DEF

Técnica psicológica que consiste en "premiar" la realización de una conducta para aumentar la probabilidad de ésta.

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