reinforcement

reinforcement

English

Alternative forms

• re-enforcement, reenforcement, reënforcement

Etymology

From reinforce +‎ -ment.

Noun

reinforcement (usually uncountable, plural reinforcements)

1. (uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
2. (countable) A thing that reinforces.
3. (in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
4. (uncountable, behavioral psychology) The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.

Derived terms

• negative reinforcement
• positive reinforcement
• primary reinforcement

Translations

act or state of reinforcing or being reinforced

Catalan: reforç (ca) m, reforçament m Danish: forstærkning c Finnish: vahvistaminen (fi) Galician: reforzo m, reforzamento (gl) m Georgian: გამაგრება (gamagreba), განმტკიცება (ganmṭḳiceba), გაძლიერება (gaʒliereba), შევსება (ševseba) German: Verstärkung (de) f Irish: athneartú m

Norwegian: Bokmål: forsterkning m or f Nynorsk: forsterkning f Persian: تقویت‎ (fa) (taqviyat) Russian: укрепле́ние (ru) n (ukreplénije), усиле́ние (ru) n (usilénije) Spanish: refuerzo (es) m, reforzamiento m

thing that reinforces

Catalan: reforç (ca) Dutch: versterking (nl) Finnish: vahvike, lujike French: renfort (fr) Galician: reforzo m, reforzamento (gl) m

German: Verstärkung (de) f Italian: rinforzo (it) Portuguese: reforço (pt) Spanish: refuerzo (es), reforzamiento m Swedish: förstärkning (sv) c

in plural: additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action

Danish: forstærkning c Finnish: apuvoimat pl, vahvistukset pl Galician: reforzo m, reforzamento (gl) m Georgian: საჯარისო შენაერთის გაძლიერება (saǯariso šenaertis gaʒliereba), საჯარისო შენაერთის შევსება (saǯariso šenaertis ševseba), დამატებითი აღჭურვილობით მომარაგება (damaṭebiti aɣč̣urvilobit momarageba) German: Verstärkung (de) f Indonesian: bala bantuan (id) Japanese: 援兵 (えんぺい, enpei)

Latin: supplēmentum n Maori: ope whakahirihiri, whaitaua Norwegian: Bokmål: forsterkninger m or f pl Nynorsk: forsterkningar f pl Polish: posiłki (pl) pl Russian: подкрепле́ние (ru) n (podkreplénije), пополне́ние (ru) n (popolnénije) Spanish: refuerzo (es) m, reforzamiento m

behavioral psychology: process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated

Danish: forstærkning c Finnish: vahvistaminen (fi)

German: Verstärkung (de) f

See also

• punishment
• operant conditioning
• classical conditioning