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What is positive reinforcement?: characteristics and examples

Positive reinforcements area type of stimulus that are applied to individuals for the behavioral process. It is in fact one of the fundamental concepts of the psychology of learning and a tool that is applied in countless areas. The main objective of these methodologies is to reinforce behaviors and suppress others to develop stableand appropriate behaviors. …

What are hypnagogic hallucinations and why do they occur?

Throughout our existence, we are subjected to the vicissitudes of everyday life. Our body externalizes its effects through many mechanisms, including sleep, a period during which both the mind and body rest. In this sense, there arefactors that destabilize the normal sleep cycle, giving rise to symptoms that can create differenttypesofhallucinations, includinghypnagogic hallucinations. In the following article, we …

Grudge: What is it, health effects and how to overcome it?

“Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment.” – Friedrich Nietzsche, “Ecce Homo”, p.21. Resentment and hatred are common emotions in humans. It is not a product of our society today, they can be found throughout our history. They are strong and sharp emotions, little comparable to any other. They …

What is kinesthetic learning and what are its characteristics?

Learning is a set ofcontinuous and diversified processes, which we acquire from childhood and thatincreases our different capacitiesas it becomes more complex. One of these abilities is kinesthetic, for which there is a learning style calledkinesthetic learning. In this article, we explainwhat kinesthetic learning consistsof and describe its main characteristics. What is kinesthetic learning? To enter …