单词 | reinforcer |
释义 | reinforcern. 1. A person who or thing which reinforces. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > strengthening or confirmation of immaterial things > [noun] > a source or means of strengthinga1400 confirmator1485 stablishment1533 strengthening1571 strengthener1579 corroborative1601 strength1615 corroboration1670 re-enforcer1832 reinforcer1873 vertebration1884 the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > renewed or repeated > one who asserts again reassertor1859 reinforcer1873 reaffirmer1892 1873 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue (ed. 2) x. 512 But this signification being lost sight of, we find that round comes naturally in as its reinforcer. 1918 Musical Q. 4 41 The orchestra serves as a sort of larger vocal sounding board, or as a reinforcer of gesture. 1961 Folklore Stud. 20 220 An exclamatory reinforcer of the exclamation ayyo'. 1991 Health & Fitness Jan. 77 The WF625 offers optimum cushioning through our patented Evathane tm forefoot pad, and exceptional stability via the extended counter reinforcer in the heel area. 2006 J. Treglown in Granta Summer 77 A military dictator, Miguel Primo de Rivera, the latest reinforcer of centuries of feudalism. 2. Psychology. Something that serves to reinforce or strengthen a response to a stimulus; spec. the positive or negative event contingent on a particular behavioural response, designed to subsequently increase the likelihood or strength of the same response. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > conditioning > [noun] > strengthening of response > instrument of reinforcer1890 1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xxvi. 550 Present pleasures are tremendous reinforcers, and present pains tremendous inhibitors of whatever action leads to them. 1949 Child Devel. 20 127 The mother was both the stimulus and presumably the reinforcer of the response. 1958 L. Krasner in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 84/2 ‘Good’ and a head shake were effective reinforcers. 2000 P. H. Wender ADHD v. 107 Parental attention is probably the single most common reinforcer in a child's daily life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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