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reinforcement counseling

a behavioral approach to counseling based on the idea that behavior is learned and can be predictably modified by various techniques that strengthen or weaken it through schedules of positive or negative reinforcement. See also reinforcement therapy.

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October 10th 2024

SSE

SSE

1. abbreviation for subacute spongiform encephalopathy. See Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.

2. symbol for sum of squared errors. See error sum of squares.