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  1. operant conditioningnoun

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

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  1. operant conditioningnoun

    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 with the act, and will increase or decrease the frequency of performing that act.

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  1. operant conditioningnoun

    A technique of behavior modification through positive and negative reinforcement and positive and negative punishment

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  1. Operant conditioning

    Operant conditioning, also called instrumental conditioning, is a learning process where behaviors are modified through the association of stimuli with reinforcement or punishment. In it, operants—behaviors that affect one's environment—are conditioned to occur or not occur depending on the environmental consequences of the behavior. Operant conditioning originated in the work of Edward Thorndike, whose law of effect theorised that behaviors arise as a result of whether their consequences are satisfying or discomforting. In the 20th century, operant conditioning was studied by behaviorist psychologists, who believed that much, if not all, of mind and behaviour can be explained as a result of envirionmental conditioning. Reinforcements are environmental stimuli that increase behaviors, whereas punishments are stimuli that decrease behaviors. Both kinds of stimuli can be further categorised into positive and negative stimuli, which respectively involve the addition or removal of environmental stimuli. Operant conditioning differs from classical conditioning, which is a process where stimuli are paired with biologically significant events to produce involuntary and reflexive behaviors. In contrast, operant conditioning is voluntary and depends on the consequences of a behavior. The study of animal learning in the 20th century was dominated by the analysis of these two sorts of learning, and they are still at the core of behavior analysis. They have also been applied to the study of social psychology, helping to clarify certain phenomena such as the false consensus effect.

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  1. operant conditioning

    Operant conditioning is a type of learning process in which the strength of a behavior is modified by the behavior's consequences, such as reward or punishment. It is a fundamental method studied in the field of behaviorism, where an individual's response is controlled or changed by manipulation of its outcomes. Basically, an individual tends to repeat behaviors that are reinforced and avoid behaviors that are punished.

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  1. Operant conditioning

    Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which an individual's behavior is modified by its consequences; the behaviour may change in form, frequency, or strength. Operant conditioning is a term that was coined by B.F Skinner in 1937. The word operant can be described as, "an item of behavior that is initially spontaneous, rather than a response to a prior stimulus, but whose consequences may reinforce or inhibit recurrence of that behavior". Operant conditioning is distinguished from classical conditioning in that operant conditioning deals with the modification of "voluntary behaviour" or operant behaviour. Operant behavior operates on the environment and is maintained by its consequences, while classical conditioning deals with the conditioning of reflexive behaviours which are elicited by antecedent conditions. Behaviours conditioned via a classical conditioning procedure are not maintained by consequences.

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    The numerical value of operant conditioning in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

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    The numerical value of operant conditioning in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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  • operante KonditionierungGerman
  • λειτουργική προετοιμασίαGreek
  • operante conditioneringDutch
  • ఆపరేటింగ్ కండిషనింగ్Telugu
  • آپریٹنگ کنڈیشنگUrdu

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