RECALL BEFORE REVEAL

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Strengthening or support; in learning, a consequence that increases the likelihood of a behavior.

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reinforcement

The training example uses reinforcement to explain why a rewarded response becomes more frequent.
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In the project's fictional exercise, a public acknowledgment served as reinforcement by causing contributors to submit useful corrections more often.
From Turning Interest into Useful Work.
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