2positive/negative reinforcementpositivereinforcement is when you give someone praise or rewards for their behaviour or work, so they want to continue doing well. Negative reinforcement is when you give someone punishments or criticism when their behaviour or work is bad, so that they want to improve to avoid punishments again 正强化/负强化〔正强化指给予某人表扬或奖励,使其继续表现良好;负强化指给予某人惩罚或批评,使其改正以免再次受到惩罚〕
We need to give students plenty of positive reinforcement.
我们需要给学生足够的正面鼓励。
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positive/negative reinforcement• What are the sources of negative and positive reinforcement people might expect from organizational arrangements? 4.• This is known as positive reinforcement.• This, however, would not be positive so much as negative reinforcement, ie it was nice when the pressure stopped.• The generalprinciple on which response-cost is based, is referred to by psychologists as negative reinforcement.• However, because reinforcement is derived from the termination of noxiousevents, it is referred to as negative reinforcement.• Teachers are not the only ones who may give positive reinforcement.• So positive reinforcement is anything that happens soon after the behaviour in question that is welcomed by the recipient.• Sometimespositive reinforcement does not require words.
3[uncountableU] the act of making something stronger 加强,加固
1supporting/strengthening sth加強ADJECTIVE | VERB + REINFORCEMENTADJECTIVE➤powerful有力的鞏固➤negative, positive負面的/正面的強化◇The children respond well to praise and positive reinforcement.表揚和正面的激勵對孩子有良好的效果。➤steel鋼筋VERB + REINFORCEMENT➤provide予以強化◇The instructor provides reinforcement to elicit the desired response.教練提供強化訓練以引出想要的反應。◇The statement provides reinforcement for the view that tax cuts are likely.該聲明強化了有可能減稅的觀點。➤receive得到增強▸➤have強化◇The windows have steel reinforcement.窗戶用鋼筋進行了加固。➤need需要鞏固reinforcement
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2reinforcementsextra soldiers, etc.援軍ADJECTIVE | VERB + REINFORCEMENTS | REINFORCEMENTS + VERBADJECTIVE➤police, troop增援警力/部隊VERB + REINFORCEMENTS➤call for, call in, request, send for召來援軍;請求派援軍;派人叫援軍◇The crowd was very large and police reinforcements were called in.群眾人數太多,因此召集了警察來增援。➤need需要援軍◇We need urgent reinforcements.我們迫切需要援軍。➤bring in, send帶進/派出援軍REINFORCEMENTS + VERB➤arrive援兵到達◇Reinforcements arrived too late.增援部隊來得太遲了。