Reinforcing stimulus and Stimulus

Reinforcing stimulus

Reinforcing stimulus noun - (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it.

Stimulus and reinforcing stimulus are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stimulus" instead a noun phrase "Reinforcing stimulus".

Stimulus

Stimulus noun - Something that arouses action or activity.
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Synonyms for Stimulus

Reinforcing stimulus and stimulus are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Reinforcing stimulus" with "Stimulus", this terms are similar.

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