operant conditioning

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

Arabic: please add this translation if you can 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 Hindi: please add this translation if you can Japanese: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• shaping

Further reading

• operant conditioning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia