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vicarious reinforcements

vicarious reinforcements is the plural of vicarious reinforcement.

Meaning of vicarious reinforcement

Noun

vicarious reinforcement (countable and uncountable, plural vicarious reinforcements)

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

Questions about vicarious reinforcements

What is vicarious reinforcements the plural of?
Vicarious reinforcements is the plural of vicarious reinforcement.

Words near vicarious reinforcements in the dictionary

  1. vicarious learnings
  2. vicarious liability
  3. vicarious punishment
  4. vicarious punishments
  5. vicarious reinforcement
  6. vicarious reinforcements
  7. vicariously
  8. vicariousness
  9. vicariousnesses
  10. Vicaris
  11. vicarish

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