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 

• OPERANT CONDITIONING (noun)

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)