operant

English - Turkish

Definition of operant in English Turkish dictionary: işleyen, etkin, çalışan; edimsel (psikıoloji)
operant conditioning: (Psikoloji, Ruhbilim) Edimsel koşullanma

English - English

Definition of operant in English English dictionary: That operates to produce an effect
I tell you frankly, if Paul Aubry is guilty I hope is convicted and punished; but if one of the others is guilty I hope he—or she—is punished, and if I knew anything operant to that end I certainly would not withhold it.; An operative person or thing; A class of behavior that produces consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment; {a} laboring, active, busy, able to prod; a kind of response that has some effect on the world; Argument of an operator; Operative; having influence or producing an effect; "many emotional determinants at work"; "an operant conscience"; {i} operator; something which operates; behavior that's performed in a spontaneous manner without any reinforcement (Psychology); A class of behavior that produces consequences by operating upon the environment; A term Skinner used to describe an action, such as a lever press, that produced some change in the environment (Anderson); {s} working, in operation; pertaining to spontaneous behavior (Psychology)
operant conditioning: A technique of behavior modification through positive and negative reinforcement and positive and negative punishment
operant conditioning: Learning that changes the frequency of a response type in the environment (Anderson)
operant conditioning: A process in which the frequency of occurrence of a behavior is modified by the consequences of the behavior
operant conditioning: conditioning in which an operant response is brought under stimulus control by virtue of presenting reinforcement contingent upon the occurrence of the operant response
operant conditioning: Behavior conditioned by the response of skeletal muscle response after the presentation of a discriminative cue
operant conditioning: Learning that occurs due to the manipulation of the possible consequences
operant conditioning: Operant conditioning follows the US psychologist Edward Thorndike's (1874-1949) law of effect' (1911): that responses become more frequent if followed by satisfying consequences but less frequent if followed by aversive consequences Skinner showed that a rat which is rewarded when it operates on' its environment by pressing a lever will increase its number of lever-presses It is therefore associating the stimulus (reinforcement) with its own behavior (response) This is referred to as S-R conditioning (see also, Classical Conditioning, Conditioning) (Ref 3)
operant conditioning: (instrumental conditioning) A process by which the results of the person's behavior determine whether the behavior is more or less likely to occur in the future orientation State of awareness of oneself and one's surroundings in terms of time, place, and person overlearning practice that is continued beyond the point of mere mastery of memorized material or of a skill
operant conditioning: (op´e-rant): Learning in which the consequences of behavior lead to changes in the probability of its occurrence (p 204)
operant conditioning: method of conditioning based on systematic association between a behavior and reinforcement or punishment
operant conditioning: $\equiv$ (?) {\em instrumental conditioning}
operant conditioning: A process of behavior modification in which the likelihood of a specific behavior is increased or decreased through positive or negative reinforcement each time the behavior is exhibited, so that the subject comes to associate the pleasure or displeasure of the reinforcement with the behavior
operant conditioning: When a specific response produces reinforcement, and the frequency of the response determines the amount of reinforcement obtained
operant conditioning: the process of increasing or decreasing the likelihood that an individual will produce an active behavior (an operant) as a result of interacting with the environment
operant conditioning: An unconscious form of learning in which a behavior is linked to a specific stimulus through a process of reinforcement