reinforcement contingencies
collocation in Englishmeaningsofreinforcementandcontingency
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reinforcement
noun
uk/ˌriː.ɪnˈfɔːs.mənt/us/ˌriː.ɪnˈfɔːrs.mənt/
the act of making ...
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contingency
noun[C]
uk/kənˈtɪn.dʒən.si/us/kənˈtɪn.dʒən.si/
something that might possibly happen in the future, usually causing problems or making further ...
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Different emotions can be classified and understood in terms of different reinforcement contingencies, and hence directly in terms of their functions.
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The interactor lineage that emerged in each of the three pigeons' repertoires was maintained by stable reinforcement contingencies thereafter.
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Behaviour analysts assert that the behavioural characteristics of individuals arise and persist through the reinforcement contingencies that those individuals encounter in their environments.
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Behavioral analysis assert that the behavioral characteristics of individuals arise and persist through the reinforcement contingencies those individuals encounter in their environments.
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Deficits in social behavior following frontal lobe lesions are not simply a response to changes in reinforcement contingencies.
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The converse reinforcement contingencies produce the opposite effects on behavior.
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Patients with prefrontal lesions are also impaired in retrieving the stored rules of behavior which, when activated, provide a counterpoint to the vicissitudes of emotionally laden reinforcement contingencies.
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Although life events and the resulting appraisals obviously promote emotional episodes, how accurate is the claim that emotions emerge from the reinforcement contingencies of the environment?
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It seems reasonable to conclude that negative feedback can have a detrimental influence on the task performance of depressed participants, at least when reinforcement contingencies are misleading or ambiguous.
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Rachlin presents results showing that (1) manipulating reinforcement contingencies had similar effects on performance in both tasks, and (2) manipulating the context produced similar effects on both tasks.
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These sorts of consequences are consistent with normal social reinforcement contingencies.
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