OPERANTCONDITIONING

Operant conditioning

Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which an individual's behavior is modified by its consequences; the behaviour may change in form, frequency, or strength. Operant conditioning is a term that was coined by B. F. Skinner in 1937. The word operant refers to, "an item of behavior that is initially spontaneous, rather than a response to a prior stimulus, but whose consequences may reinforce or inhibit recurrence of that behavior".

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operant conditioning

Noun

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


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