Negative Reinforcer

Preferred Label : Negative Reinforcer;

NCIt definition : A stimulus that increases the frequency of a behavior that prevents or terminates its presentation. Noxious stimuli, such as shock in laboratory animal experiments, are considered to be negative reinforcers.;

Details

Origin ID

C41212;

UMLS CUI

C1513919;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Negative reinforcement (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Reinforcement, Psychology [MeSH Descriptor]
- negative reinforcement [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Functional Concept [UMLS semantic type]

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