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negative reinforcing stimulus vs reinforcer

reinforcer vs negative reinforcing stimulus

negative reinforcing stimulus and reinforcer both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
negative reinforcing stimulus Yes No No No
reinforcer Yes No No No
As nouns, reinforcer is a hypernym of negative reinforcing stimulus; that is, reinforcer is a word with a broader meaning than negative reinforcing stimulus:
  • negative reinforcing stimulus: a reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it
  • reinforcer: (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
Other hypernyms of negative reinforcing stimulus include reinforcement, reinforcing stimulus.
negative reinforcing stimulus (noun) reinforcer (noun)
a reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
Difference between negative reinforcing stimulus and reinforcer

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