Term: positive reinforcing stimulus: a reinforcing stimulus that serves to increase the likelihood of the response that produces it
Candidate hypernym: psychological feature: a feature of the mental life of a living organism → 1
Candidate hypernym: simple leaf: a leaf that is not divided into parts → 0
Candidate hypernym: quadratic: a polynomial of the second degree → 0
Candidate hypernym: decalescence: phenomenon that occurs when a metal is being heated and there is a sudden slowing in the rate of temperature increase; slowing is caused by a change in the internal crystal structure of the metal → 0
Candidate hypernym: ailurus: lesser pandas → 0
Candidate hypernym: coup de theatre: a sensational bit of stagecraft → 0
Candidate hypernym: larch: any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves → 0
Candidate hypernym: long-eared owl: slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts → 0
Candidate hypernym: pteridaceae: one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided → 0
Candidate hypernym: spokeswoman: a female spokesperson → 0
Candidate hypernym: erithacus: Old World thrushes → 0