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OPERANT CONDITIONING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does operant conditioning mean?
• OPERANT CONDITIONING (noun)
The noun OPERANT CONDITIONING has 1 sense:
1. conditioning in which an operant response is brought under stimulus control by virtue of presenting reinforcement contingent upon the occurrence of the operant response
Familiarity information: OPERANT CONDITIONING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conditioning in which an operant response is brought under stimulus control by virtue of presenting reinforcement contingent upon the occurrence of the operant response
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("operant conditioning" is a kind of...):
conditioning (a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "operant conditioning"):
instrumental conditioning (operant conditioning that pairs a response with a reinforcement in discrete trials; reinforcement occurs only after the response is given)
Context examples
The use of operant conditioning, including rewards and punishments, in helping a person create an atmosphere where he or she does not contribute to painful stimuli.
(Behavioral Intervention, NCI Thesaurus)
The use of operant conditioning to alter a person's dietary choices and behaviors.
(Behavioral Dietary Intervention, NCI Thesaurus)
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