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Definition of Reinforcers
1. reinforcer [n] - See also: reinforcer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reinforcers
Literary usage of Reinforcers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style Into Writer's Workshop by Jeff Anderson (2005)
"Comma Reinforcers: Cut-and-Paste Mini-Handbooks Because the comma is the most
... I developed comma mini-handbooks called "comma reinforcers" that can be ..."
2. You Can Choose to Be Happy: "Rise Above" Anxiety, Anger, and Depression by Tom G. Stevens (1998)
"These reinforcers can trap us into external control indefinitely. ... Disarming
dysfunctional reinforcers. These advantages or reinforcers are only ..."
3. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by DIANE Publishing Company, C. Everett Koop, M.D. (1995)
"If the drug is serving as a reinforcer, then stimuli associated with drug
administration should also come to serve as reinforcers ("conditioned ..."
4. Improving Compliance With Alcoholism Treatment edited by Kathleen Carroll (2000)
"Potential therapist reinforcers for treatment compliance D Positive reinforcers (for
compliance): — Verbal praise — An extra therapy session — Refund of ..."
5. Second Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of ...by Scott M. Grundy by Scott M. Grundy (1997)
"Develop reinforcers of adherence. As with cues, reinforcers are commonly found in
... One of the most powerful reinforcers is giving patients the ability to ..."
6. Problems of Drug Dependence: Proceedings of the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting by Louie S. Harrie (1999)
"Goldberg: Second-order reinforcers as measures of the motivational properties of
drugs. With human drug abusers, exteroceptive stimuli in their environment ..."
7. Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders edited by Richard A. Rawson, Rose M. Urban (2000)
"Natural reinforcers such as food, drink, and sex also activate reinforcement
pathways in the brain, and it has been suggested that stimulants and other ..."
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