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If you're a short-seller, that's a cacophony of negative reinforcement. You're basically told that you're wrong in every way imaginable every day. It takes a certain type of individual to drown that noise and negative reinforcement out and to remind oneself that their work is accurate and what they're hearing is not.
James Chanos

Meaning of "negative reinforcement" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT

negative reinforcement play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT

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Negative reinforcement is a noun.
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WHAT DOES NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, reinforcement is a consequence that will strengthen an organism's future behavior whenever that behavior is preceded by a specific antecedent stimulus. This strengthening effect may be measured as a higher frequency of behavior, longer duration, greater magnitude, or shorter latency. Although in many cases a reinforcing stimulus is a rewarding stimulus which is "valued" or "liked" by the individual, this is not a requirement. Indeed, reinforcement does not even require an individual to consciously perceive an effect elicited by the stimulus. Furthermore, stimuli that are "rewarding" or "liked" are not always reinforcing: if an individual eats at a fast food restaurant and likes the taste of the food, but believes it is bad for their health, they may not eat it again and thus it was not reinforcing in that condition. Thus, reinforcement occurs only if there is an observable strengthening in behavior. In most cases reinforcement refers to an enhancement of behavior but this term may also refer to an enhancement of memory.

Definition of negative reinforcement in the English dictionary

The definition of negative reinforcement in the dictionary is the reinforcing of a response by giving an aversive stimulus when the response is not made and omitting the aversive stimulus when the response is made.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT

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WORDS THAT END LIKE NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT

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Synonyms and antonyms of negative reinforcement in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «negative reinforcement» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT

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The translations of negative reinforcement from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «negative reinforcement» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

负强化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

refuerzo negativo
570 millions of speakers

English

negative reinforcement
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नकारात्मक सुदृढीकरण
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

التعزيز السلبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отрицательное подкрепление
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reforço negativo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নেতিবাচক শক্তিবৃদ্ধি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

renforcement négatif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tetulang negatif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

negative Verstärkung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

負の強化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부정적 강화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Negative reinforcement
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tăng cường tiêu cực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எதிர்மறை வலுவூட்டல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नकारात्मक मजबुती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Negatif takviye
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rinforzo negativo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

negatywne wzmocnienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

негативне підкріплення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

armare negativ
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

αρνητική ενίσχυση
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

negatiewe versterking
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

negativ förstärkning
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

negativ forsterkning
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about negative reinforcement

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James Chanos
If you're a short-seller, that's a cacophony of negative reinforcement. You're basically told that you're wrong in every way imaginable every day. It takes a certain type of individual to drown that noise and negative reinforcement out and to remind oneself that their work is accurate and what they're hearing is not.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT»

Discover the use of negative reinforcement in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to negative reinforcement and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and Behavior
Negative Reinforcement Until now, we have stressed positive reinforcement, which occurs when a pleasant or desirable event follows a response. How else could operant learning be reinforced? The time has come to consider negative ...
Dennis Coon, John Mitterer, 2008
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Negative Reinforcement and Self-control in Adult Humans
Descriptors. self-control, impulsivity, negative reinforcement, magnitude, delay, humans.
Alicia N. MacAleese, 2008
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Without Spanking Or Spoiling: A Practical Approach to ...
The methods presented so far usually become more effective with time and consistent use rather than less effective. Some of the problems involved with using direct power or negative reinforcement are presented in the next section.
Elizabeth Crary, 1993
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Psychology: Concepts and Applications
Positive and Negative Reinforcement Skinner distinguished between two types of reinforcement, positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement. In positive reinforcement, a response is strengthened by the introduction of a stimulus after ...
Jeffrey Nevid, 2012
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Behavior Modification: Principles and Procedures
The essential difference, therefore, is that in positive reinforcement, a response produces a stimulus (a positive reinforcer), whereas in negative reinforcement, a response removes or prevents the occurrence of a stimulus (an aversive stimulus ) ...
Raymond Miltenberger, 2011
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A Constructional Canine Aggression Treatment: Using a ...
Snider, Kellie Sisson, A constructional canine aggression treatment: Using a negative reinforcement shaping procedure with dogs in home and community settings. Master of Science (Behavior Analysis), December 2007, 57 pages, 6 figures, ...
Kellie Sisson Snider, 2007
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Motivating Employees
This theory provides four tools — positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment, and extinction — that you can use to motivate high performance and prevent workers from engaging in behaviors that detract from organization ...
Sharlyn J. Lauby, 2005
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Functional Analysis in Clinical Treatment
A second type of nonsocial contingency that can maintain stereotypy is nonsocial negative reinforcement. As with nonsocial positive reinforcement, nonsocial negative reinforcement is based on a contingency in which the person himself can ...
Peter Sturmey, 2011
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Working Sheep Dogs: A Practical Guide to Breeding, Training ...
Negative reinforcement involves the removal of something undesirable to reward the dog when it responds. So you could say that the campfire incident involves negative reinforcement, because when the dog takes his nose out of the fire the ...
Tully Williams, 2007
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Treating Drug Problems
Drug use also can be negatively reinforcing for a person. Negative reinforcement makes it likely that the person will repeat the behavior, just as positive reinforcement does, but in a slightly different way. In negative reinforcement, the reward ...
Arthur W. Blume, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT»

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7 Reasons To Love Your Dog Like a Baby
Is there a happier approach to living with dogs that doesn't involve prolonged isolation, negative reinforcement or shock collars? And if there is, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Abandon all hope at hellish Post Road East traffic light tangle
And let's face it: the only thing more effective than positive reinforcement is negative reinforcement. However, upon further reflection, I think ... «Westport News, Jul 15»
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Are We Seeing the Rise of Second Gen Fitness Apps?
They firmly believe that this alienates certain potential users and ultimately leads to negative reinforcement, moral licensing, and dropout. «Tech Cocktail, Jul 15»
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Neuronal circuits Connecting to innate knowledge
... UCSs can also drive operant behaviour (that is, behaviour shaped by positive or negative reinforcement). Mice showed increased nosepokes ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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From rags to riches: Local pit bull escapes death row, becomes …
Croft said he also knew that Libby didn't need negative reinforcement to be trained. “She doesn't need spanking, she doesn't need to be yelled ... «Woodlands Online, LLC, Jul 15»
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Are Birds the New Sharks? The Danger From Above
In the city people don't shoot birds, and without that negative reinforcement, they have become very bold.” As with the British herring gulls, the ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
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Is this normal? Here's expert help for parents struggling with potty …
Negative reinforcement doesn't work well, and it can traumatize children and lengthen the whole process. Do give positive reinforcement for a ... «Today.com, Jul 15»
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The Connected Car Is Desirable, But Connected-Car Education Is …
One argument the firms make is that a marketer who only listens to what consumers say they want is doing negative reinforcement because ... «MediaPost Communications, Jul 15»
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Schutzhund master to unleash German-style dog training skills to …
Dog owner and policeman Idol Woo Kin-yuen is aware of the difficulties of finding a trainer who refrains from using negative reinforcement. «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
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Antioch man eats 52 jalapenos in 10 minutes to win contest
"I guess she was sort of preparing me with negative reinforcement," he said, with a smile. "I'm glad I won. If I'd done it and hadn't won I'd be ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»

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