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operant conditioning

DEFINITIONS OF: operant conditioning

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

Types:
instrumental conditioning
operant conditioning that pairs a response with a reinforcement in discrete trials; reinforcement occurs only after the response is given
Type of:
conditioning
a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment
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