INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does instrumental conditioning mean? 

• INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING (noun)
  The noun INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING has 1 sense:

1. operant conditioning that pairs a response with a reinforcement in discrete trials; reinforcement occurs only after the response is given

  Familiarity information: INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Operant conditioning that pairs a response with a reinforcement in discrete trials; reinforcement occurs only after the response is given

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("instrumental conditioning" is a kind of...):

operant conditioning (conditioning in which an operant response is brought under stimulus control by virtue of presenting reinforcement contingent upon the occurrence of the operant response)