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11operant — 1. adjective That operates to produce an effect. I tell you frankly, if Paul Aubry is guilty I hope is convicted and punished; but if one of the others is guilty I hope he or she is punished, and if I knew anything operant to that end I certainly …
12operant — ope|rant unter Einfluss von gleichbed. engl. operant aus lat. operans, Gen. operantis, Part. Präs. von operari, vgl. ↑operieren> eine bestimmte Wirkungsweise in sich habend; operante Konditionierung: Veränderung bestimmter Verhaltensweisen… …
13operant — adjective having influence or producing an effect many emotional determinants at work an operant conscience • Similar to: ↑operative • Derivationally related forms: ↑operate …
14Operant conditioning — is a form of psychological learning during which an individual modifies the occurrence and form of its own behavior due to the association of the behavior with a stimulus. Operant conditioning is distinguished from classical conditioning (also… …
15Operant behavior — is the network of factors and events involved in the behavior of human and non human animals. It is a psychological term derived from Operant Conditioning, developed by B.F. Skinner. The operant is the behavior that acts on the environment to… …
16operant Psychology — [ ɒp(ə)r(ə)nt] adjective involving the modification of behaviour by the reinforcing or inhibiting effect of its own consequences. noun an item of behaviour that is not a response to a prior stimulus but something which is initially spontaneous.… …
17operant conditioning — op er*ant con*di tion*ing, n. (Psychol.) A process for causing animals to behave in a specific manner by rewarding or punishing the animal each time it performs a certain act; after a time, the animal comes to associate the reward or punishment… …
18operant conditioning — n conditioning in which the desired behavior or increasingly closer approximations to it are followed by a rewarding or reinforcing stimulus compare CLASSICAL CONDITIONING * * * instrumental c …
19Operant conditioning chamber — Skinner box Skinner box with 2 respond levers, 2 cue lights …
20operant conditioning — noun conditioning in which an operant response is brought under stimulus control by virtue of presenting reinforcement contingent upon the occurrence of the operant response • Hypernyms: ↑conditioning • Hyponyms: ↑instrumental conditioning * * *… …
