In animal behavior, a reinforcer is a reward which tends to increase the frequency of a behavior.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Alex Benzer: How Rich Guys Screw Up Their Chances with Women] Reference

The reward just has to be palatable, a natural reinforcer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thea Singer: Stress and Addiction -- How to Cope] Reference

There are four important considerations in selecting a reinforcer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Control Your Depression] Reference

This Reflections book is a daily reinforcer of the ideas you encountered there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making Great Decisions Reflections] Reference

If you did this on January 1st, consider this your second chance, or your reinforcer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Fortune Cookie Prophecy for Writers] Reference

If you give the reward before the behavior, it's not a reinforcer -- it's just a bribe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Alex Benzer: How Rich Guys Screw Up Their Chances with Women] Reference

Why must an insanely miraculous athletic victory also be a reinforcer of cultural supremacy?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dave Zirin: After Donovan's Goal: Joy or Jingoism?] Reference

With a bit of introspective common sense, we can usually tell if something will be a reinforcer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bunny and a Book] Reference

Maybe the Rabbis up north go by the B.F. Skinner position that the reinforcer for talking to women is ONLY a hot date.    From Wordnik.com.  [nisayon Diary Entry] Reference

And, although praise is great, it's not a particularly powerful reinforcer; especially when compared to chasing birds!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can You Clicker-Train a Gun Dog?] Reference

A new connection is formed (a reinforcer) linking a given stimulus (press the lever) to a given response (food appears).    From Wordnik.com.  [behaviourism and the inner environment] Reference

Catharine MacKinnon has written that pornography works as a behavioral conditioner, reinforcer and stimulus, not as idea or advocacy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Feminists Against the First Amendment] Reference

If need be, occasionally we can be a little more loquacious and protect our rear end with something like what I hope is a reinforcer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bunny and a Book] Reference

Thus, having your husband take you out to dinner is a reinforcer you might want to select if you can count on him to deliver the goods.    From Wordnik.com.  [Control Your Depression] Reference

"It's a sign, it's a reinforcer, it's an accelerant.".    From Wordnik.com.  [daytondailynews.com - News] Reference

It's a positive reinforcer and a lot of times it helps fight depression.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Delphos Herald] Reference

With food as a reinforcer, even an old dog can, indeed, learn new tricks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forbes.com: News] Reference

Straws were used as a reinforcer following participation in the activity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Squidalicious] Reference

The environment change contingent upon the response is called a reinforcer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily Kos] Reference

When he was under stress and had regressions, we would go back to the reinforcer system.    From Wordnik.com.  [BlogHer - Life Well Said] Reference

When you give the positive reinforcer before the desirable behavior, you reinforce nothing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

Unlike a pat on the shoulder, the verbal reinforcer is hands free and is usually always available.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheHorse.com News] Reference

The contingency error Emotions, Education, relates to the relationship between the behavior and the reinforcer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

By association with the food reward, "Good" will become a conditioned reinforcer that will carry positive value alone.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheHorse.com News] Reference

We keep businesses running to prevent poverty, joblessness, and a secondary reinforcer malthusian complex from developing.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

The conditioned verbal reinforcement is very handy for times when you cannot deliver the primary reinforcer -- the food treat.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheHorse.com News] Reference

In neurological terms, you want to give a positive reinforcer -- like a present -- after someone exhibits a desirable behavior.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

3. You should be concerned about the strength of the reinforcer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Control Your Depression] Reference

In most cases, presumed reinforcer would work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bunny and a Book] Reference

C. an unconditioned reinforcer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference

Consider reinforcer sampling ( "taste success").    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

A negative or positive reinforcer.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

The "wandering reinforcer".    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Tagged as: canine freestyle, dog., reinforcer, sloppy training, Training, word.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Love Dogs Blog] Reference