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Definition of Operant conditioning
1. 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.
Medical Definition of Operant conditioning
1. A type of conditioning developed by Skinner in which an experimenter waits for the target response (head scratching) to be conditioned to occur (emitted) spontaneously, immediately after which the organism is given a reinforcer reward; after this procedure is repeated many times, the frequency of emission of the targeted response will have significantly increased over its pre-experiment base rate. See: schedules of reinforcement. Synonym: skinnerian conditioning. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Operant Conditioning
| operable operably operagoer operagoers operagoing operagoings operand operand operands operant | operant operantly operants operant behaviour operant conditioning (current term) operant conditioning (current term) operas operate operate operated | operates operate on operatic operatically operatics operatic star operating operating(a) operating budget operating capability |
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