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vicarious reinforcement

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables
vi-car-i-ous re-in-force-ment
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
7
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of learning process that occurs when someone observes others receive positive consequences for a behavior and then imitates that behavior themselves.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

vicarious reinforcements (plural)

Questions

What does vicarious reinforcement mean?
A form of learning process that occurs when someone observes others receive positive consequences for a behavior and then imitates that behavior themselves.

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