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For kids, parental attention is still attention – whether it's positive or negative ... Here are some examples of how to use positive reinforcement in specific situations: Forgets to say ...

For example, “positive” and “negative” don ... if they climb up on your finger when you say “step up” Negative reinforcement putting on your seatbelt to stop the beeping in your ...

Negative expectations can worsen perceived pain more strongly—and for longer—than positive expectations can make it feel ...

Across the global economy, the expectations placed on businesses are evolving at a remarkable pace. Customers, regulators, ...

This study provides a valuable extension of credibility-based learning research by showing how feedback reliability can distort reward-learning biases in a disinformation-like bandit task. Although ...

Example: Someone who values efficiency ... positive reinforcement (obtaining a positive consequence) and negative reinforcement (relief from a negative consequence). Some tasks, like applying ...

Positive reinforcement in animals involves rewarding desired behaviors to encourage their repetition. Examples include giving a dog a treat for sitting on command, offering a cat a toy for using ...