reinforcement

• re-enforcement, reenforcement, reënforcement

From reinforce +‎ -ment.

reinforcement (usually uncountable, plural reinforcements)

1. (uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
2. (countable) A thing that reinforces.
3. (in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
4. (uncountable, behavioral psychology) The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.

• negative reinforcement
• positive reinforcement
• primary reinforcement

• punishment
• operant conditioning
• classical conditioning