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incentive motivation

incentive motivation

1. in Hull’s mathematico-deductive theory of learning, an inducement, such as the expectation of a reward or punishment, that serves as an intervening variable or mediator to influence response strength. See also stimulus-intensity dynamism.

2. more generally, any motivation induced by a positive reinforcer.

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