nonrewardn.
/ˌnɒnrᵻˈwɔːd/, U.S. /ˌnɑnrəˈwɔrd/, /ˌnɑnriˈwɔrd/ Psychology.
In a learning experiment: the deliberate withholding of an expected reward. Frequently attributive.
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1929 H. C. Blodgett in Univ. Calif. Publ. Psychol. 4 133 During the non-reward period, the rats were developing a latent learning of the maze which they were able to utilize as soon as reward was introduced.
1951 N. E. Miller in S. S. Stevens Handbk. Exper. Psychol. 458/1 The cues produced by nonreward.
1998 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95 11438/2 The possibility that the decrease in running speeds..results from rats' reaction to nonreward would be a surprising result.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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