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Encouragement, the expression of approval in order to enable someone to increase their efforts is an aspect of social reinforcement. Encouragement may be delivered through verbal or nonverbal behavior and can therefore be viewed as cases of verbal reinforcement or nonverbal reinforcement.

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• Motivation
• Social interaction