Rewarding ourselves for appropriate behaviour or attaining a goal. also called self-managed reinforcement.
SELF-REINFORCEMENT: "Joe used self-reinforcement to buy himself a new book when he reached his weight loss goal."
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "SELF-REINFORCEMENT," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 13, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/self-reinforcement/ (accessed September 23, 2021).
