A stimulus that occurred after a behavior and increase the likelihood of the behavior occurring again is called:

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A reinforcer is a stimulus that follows a behavior and increases the likelihood of that behavior occurring again in the future. This is the definition of reinforcement in operant conditioning. A conditioned stimulus is a previously neutral stimulus that becomes associated with a particular response through conditioning. An operant stimulus refers to any stimulus that is present during the performance of an operant behavior. Extinction is the gradual disappearance of a previously learned behavior when the reinforcement for that behavior is no longer present.

A Stimulus That Occurred After a Behavior and Increase the Likelihood