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Noun: reinforcing stimulus
  1. (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behaviour that produced it
    "Praise can be a powerful reinforcing stimulus for good behaviour";
    - reinforcer, reinforcement

Derived forms: reinforcing stimuli

Type of: input, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus

Encyclopedia: Reinforcing stimulus