reinforcement

n.

1. The act or process of reinforcing or the state of being reinforced.
2. Something that reinforces.
3. Additional personnel or equipment sent to support a military action. Often used in the plural.
4. Psychology.
   1. The occurrence or experimental introduction of an unconditioned stimulus along with a conditioned stimulus.
   2. The strengthening of a conditioned response by such means.
   3. An event, a circumstance, or a condition that increases the likelihood that a given response will recur in a situation like that in which the reinforcing condition originally occurred.

n

The increasing of force or strength.

1. In reinforced concrete, metal bars, rods, wires, or other slender members which are embedded in concrete in such a manner that the metal and the concrete act together in resisting forces.
2. Material added to provide additional strength.

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reinforcer

Anything following an action which tends to increase the probability of that action occurring again. Some workers include only rewards involving the satisfying of basic physiological needs. Others include social approval and similar psychosocial constructs. See also external reinforcement, internal reinforcer, negative reinforcement, positive reinforcement.

The use of a stimulus to modify an existing form of response. The stimulus may be a reward or a punishment and the reinforcement may correspondingly be positive or negative.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - forstærkning, armering

Nederlands (Dutch)
versterking, bekrachtiging, beloning (psychologie), het sturen/oproepen van versterkingen

Français (French)
n. - renfort, renforcement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Verstärkung, Stärkung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ενίσχυση, ενδυνάμωση, (στον πληθ.) (στρατ.) ενισχύσεις

Italiano (Italian)
rinforzi, rafforzamento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - reforço (m)

Русский (Russian)
подкрепление, усиление, армирование, арматура

Español (Spanish)
n. - refuerzos, refuerzo, armazón

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förstärkning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
增援, 加固, 加强, 增强材料, 加固物, 增援部队, 援军

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 增援, 加固, 加強, 增強材料, 加固物, 增援部隊, 援軍

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 보강, 중원대, 보강[재]

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 補強, 強化材, 強化, 援軍

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تعزيز, تقويه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תגבורת, חיזוק‬

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