with regard to operant conditioning, the period of time which passes from the end of reinforcement until the subsequent reaction from the category which is being reinforced.
POSTREINFORCEMENT PAUSE: "The postreinforcement pause was far more brief than expected."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "POSTREINFORCEMENT PAUSE," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/postreinforcement-pause/ (accessed July 4, 2022).
