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Positive Afterimage / Positive After-Image

Positive Afterimage / Positive After-Image means it is similar in brightness and color to the original visual stimulus

Positive behavioral contrast

Positive behavioral contrast is defined as a process whereby a decrease in rate of reinforcement on one component of a multiple schedule produces an increase in the rate of response on the other component.

Positive correlation

positive correlation refers to association between two (2) variables in which one increases as the other increases.

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Positive discrimination

A Positive discrimination happens when a test item is answered correctly more frequently for high scorers on the test than for low scorers;

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Positive evidence

Positive evidence refers to evidence that a particular linguistic expression, a word or sentence, is appropriate or acceptable. Positive evidence may be presented explicitly, when someone approves of another's word or utterance, or implicitly, for example, when a person responds to another's utterance without explicitly commenting on its appropriateness,.

Positive Explanatory Style

Positive Explanatory Style refers positive way of explaining events or happenings in a person's life.

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Positive feedback

Positive feedback is defined as information that leads to deviation from the system's norm, bringing about change and a loss of stability.

Positive function

Positive function refers to a relationship in which increasing values of one or first variable are associated with increasing values of a second variable.

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