operant response
1Operant 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… …
2operant 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 * * *… …
3Operant 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… …
4operant 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.… …
5operant — [äp′ər ənt] adj. [< L operans, prp. of operari: see OPERATE] 1. operating, or producing an effect or effects 2. Psychol. a) designating behavior defined by the resulting stimulus rather than the stimulus which elicits it b) designating… …
6Operant conditioning chamber — Skinner box Skinner box with 2 respond levers, 2 cue lights …
7operant — In conditioning, any behavior or specific response chosen by the experimenter; its frequency is intended to increase or decrease by the judicious pairing with it of a reinforcer when it occurs. SYN: target behavior (1), target response. * * *… …
8response — 1. The reaction of a muscle, nerve, gland, or other excitable tissue to a stimulus. 2. Any act or behavior, or its constituents, that a living organism is capable of emitting. Reflexes are usually excluded because they are typically elicited by a …
9operant conditioning — /ˌɒpərənt kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ/ (say .opuhruhnt kuhn dishuhning) noun Psychology a procedure by which the probability of an organism emitting a particular response is increased by reinforcement whenever the response occurs. Also, instrumental conditioning …
10Extinction (psychology) — Extinction in psychology refers to the lowering of the probability of a response when a characteristic reinforcing stimulus is no longer presented. In classical conditioning, this refers to the decline of a conditioned response when a conditioned …
