Although the term reinforcement has many common uses and associated meanings, its meaning is precise when used by behavior analysts and behavior therapists. The act or process of making a reinforcer contingent on behavior is termed positive...

Specifications of how and when a given RESPONSE will receive REINFORCEMENT. The behaviourist B.F.Skinner (1904–1990) began formal investigations of the relationship between reinforcement schedule characteristics and OPERANT behaviour. Since this...

Reinforcement is a term coined by B.F.Skinner (1904–1990) to refer to the property of a STIMULUS in strengthening an operant response made by an organism. An example of a reinforcer would be a food pellet and an example of an OPERANT behaviour...

Something that provides REINFORCEMENT is a reinforcer. Thorndike, in 1911, proposed the LAW OF EFFECT, in which a reinforcer was defined as something that an animal would do nothing to avoid, but would often do something to get, or to maintain. This...

In operant conditioning, reinforcement is an increase in the strength of a response following the change in environment immediately following that response. [1]Response strength can be assessed by measures such as the frequency with which the response...

ADITI KINKHABWALA, STAFF WRITER The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 08-06-2003 The reinforcements -- New breed comes to town, bringing excitement and optimism By ADITI KINKHABWALA, STAFF WRITER Date: 08-06-2003, Wednesday Section: SPORTS Edtion: All Editions.=.Two Star B. Two Star P. One Star...

1.0 Introduction The fabrication of reinforcing steels, into shapes suitable for fixing into the concrete formwork, is normally performed in the UK by specialist reinforcement fabricators. Very little reinforcement is cut and bent on-site in the UK today. Although the cutting and bending...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said a new U.S. intelligence report saying Iran stopped its nuclear weapons development in 2003 reinforces international concerns and should not diminish pressure for new sanctions.Sarkozy's office said early Thursday that he had spoken Wednesday night with President Bush about the...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the right of companies to sue over alleged violations of federal communications law and reinforced the regulatory authority of the Federal Communications Commission.In a 7-2 decision, the court said that pay-phone provider Metrophones Telecommunications Inc. may pursue a suit...