positive reinforcement en · NOUN
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(uncountable) The giving of encouragement to a person who exhibits a particular behaviour with the result that such behaviour is repeated.
The mother did not realize that giving her son candy every time he cried was positive reinforcement.
With positive reinforcement, by adding something the animal desires, the likelihood that the behavior will occur again is increased.
2015, Ilona Rodan, Sarah Heath, editors, Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 46:
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fr renforcement positif (giving of encouragement to a person who exhibits a particular behaviour) · es refuerzo positivo (giving of encouragement to a person who exhibits a particular behaviour) · cmn 陽性強化法 /阳性强化法 (giving of encouragement to a person who exhibits a particular behaviour) · pt reforço positivo (giving of encouragement to a person who exhibits a particular behaviour) · ru положи́тельное подкре́пление (giving of encouragement to a person who exhibits a particular behaviour) · da positiv forstærkning (giving of encouragement to a person who exhibits a particular behaviour) · es reforzamiento positivo (giving of encouragement to a person who exhibits a particular behaviour) · fi positiivinen vahvistaminen (giving of encouragement to a person who exhibits a particular behaviour) · de positive Verstärkung (giving of encouragement to a person who exhibits a particular behaviour)