operant conditioning
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- noun
- /ˈoʊpərənt kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ/
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condicionamiento operante
- Trainers use operant conditioning to teach dogs new tricks by rewarding them for good behavior.
- operant conditioning principles
- operant conditioning and behavior
Although you train killers, so you use operant conditioning the same way you train a dog repeatedly, repeatedly.
- Although you train killers, so you use operant conditioning the same way you train a dog repeatedly, repeatedly.
Examples
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B.F. Skinner developed a complex system called "operant conditioning" in which new behaviors were created step by step to eventually lead to complex sequences.
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Fortunately, dogs, which make up a large percentage of shelter animals, respond extremely well to the operant conditioning principles used in behavior modification programs.
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And because of operant conditioning, the baby is driven towards the adult.
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In addition to frustration, several students brought up the term operant conditioning.
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The third and final type of learning is known as operant conditioning or instrumental conditioning.
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The book was based on the research findings on habit formation and operant conditioning as applied to rats under laboratory conditions.
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Based on the well-established principle of operant conditioning, his work to get more candy will go down next time.
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My father believed in techniques which utilized the concept of operant conditioning-- rehabilitation through punishment.
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The students' journal submissions typically show great sophistication and understanding of operant conditioning and its applications.
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In contrast, the dog training program described here relates to psychology of learning class concepts extremely well: many of the operant conditioning principles and phenomena discussed by learning instructors are modeled and used by the students in the shelter setting.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
A type of learning where a behavior changes after a reward or punishment
How Aversive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward composition of 'operant' (a behavior that acts on the environment) and 'conditioning' (the process of shaping behavior). Together they literally denote the conditioning of operants — i.e., a learning process that changes the likelihood of a behavior via reinforcement or punishment — so a learner who knows both constituents can derive the meaning.
Etymology
Operant conditioning comes from simple learning experiments where an animal does an action and then gets a 'reward' or a 'punishment'. An operant is the action and conditioning is the training, so the phrase means learning when a 'reward' or 'punishment' makes a 'behavior' more or less likely.