<h2>The Confucion ideas were merged into Shinto in the following manner:</h2>
Many rituals practised in Confucianism resembled with that of Shintoism.
The idea of honoring the life over everything else preached in Confucianism was conventionally incorporated in Shintoism through believing the deities to be alive and worshipping them as the supreme most.
The idea of respecting the elements of nature in Confucianism and the idea of respecting multiple gods in Shintoism was deemed to be one and the same.
A primary reinforcer is a reward that satisfies a basic need (eating, drinking, sleeping). A secondary reinforcer is conditioned or learned. Some examples of secondary reinforcers include money or grades in school. A secondary reinforcer must be learned through experience.
