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Definition of Positive reinforcer

1. Noun. A reinforcing stimulus that serves to increase the likelihood of the response that produces it.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Positive Reinforcer

Literary usage of Positive reinforcer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by DIANE Publishing Company, C. Everett Koop, M.D. (1995)
"Nicotine as a positive reinforcer The primary biobehavioral mechanism by which dependence-producing drugs maintain drug seeking is by functioning as ..."

2. Cocaine: Pharmacology, Effects, and Treatment of Abuse edited by John Grabowski (1994)
"An event such as drug self-administration is considered a positive reinforcer if it increases behavior leading to its delivery or decreases behavior ..."

3. Stress, Gender, and Alcohol-Seeking Behavior edited by Walter A. Hunt, Sam Zakhari (1996)
"... alcohol a more potent amphetamine and home-cage, two- positive reinforcer) and resulting in bottle alcohol consumption. These increased consumption. ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"This was to ensure the effectiveness of the stimulation as a positive reinforcer. Finally, the animals meeting this qualification were trained over 15 ..."

5. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"An emerging principle in studying the neurochemical basis of self-administration is that the ability of ethanol to function as a positive reinforcer is not ..."

6. Violence In The Schools: How America's School Boards Are Safeguarding Your by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"In-school suspension has isolated students and been a positive reinforcer for good behavior. Marietta Public Schools, Oklahoma ..."

7. Alcohol and the Brain (1993)
"... in establishing ethanol as a positive reinforcer. Pharmacological Reviews 27:465-473, 1976. MEISCH, RA Ethanol self-administration: ..."

8. Nicotine in Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco Products Is a Drug and These edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"The role of nicotine as the positive reinforcer in cigarettes has been supported in several studies. A study by Goldfarb et al has shown that it is the ..."

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