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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

information go
knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction

stimulation, input, stimulant, stimulus go
any stimulating information or event

reinforcement, reinforcing stimulus, reinforcer
(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it

noun.cognition

2 Subcategories

positive reinforcing stimulus, positive reinforcer go
a reinforcing stimulus that serves to increase the likelihood of the response that produces it
negative reinforcing stimulus, negative reinforcer go
a reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it