operant conditioning

English

Noun

operant conditioning (uncountable)

1. (psychology) A technique of behavior modification through positive and negative reinforcement and positive and negative punishment.

   Coordinate term: classical conditioning

   • 2015, Ilona Rodan, Sarah Heath, editors, Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 45:

     With operant conditioning, the animal repeats behaviors that have desired consequences and avoids behaviors that lead to undesirable consequences (Figure 5-5).

Translations

a technique of behavior modification

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 操作性條件反射／操作性条件反射 (cāozuòxìng tiáojiàn fǎnshè)

• Dutch: operante conditionering f
• Finnish: operantti ehdollistaminen
• French: conditionnement opérant m, apprentissage skinnerien m
• German: operante Konditionierung f
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• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: condicionamento operante m
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• Turkish: edimsel koşullanma, operant koşullanma

See also

• shaping

Further reading

• operant conditioning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia