The process of encouraging or establishing a pattern of behaviour by offering reward when the behaviour is exhibited.
positive reinforcement works well on many pets
Example sentencesExamples
- Any human (in fact, any animal) tends to repeat behavior that is followed by positive reinforcement.
- The authors of the report agree that teacher performance should be monitored but prefer "positive reinforcement" to the difficult task of terminating employment.
- Assessment is given for a variety of reasons, ranging from positive reinforcement to pruning underachievers.
- Some will need continued encouragement and positive reinforcement from parents and teachers for this good start not to become swamped by schoolyard attitudes.
- That lack of positive reinforcement could cause deconditioned members to drop the mat classes.