| operant conditioning | (n) 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 | n. (Psychol.) A process for causing animals to behave in a specific manner by rewarding or punishing the animal each time it performs a certain act; after a time, the animal comes to associate the reward or punishment with the act, and will increase or decrease the frequency of performing that act. [ PJC ] |
| オペラント条件づけ;オペラント条件付け | [オペラントじょうけんづけ, operanto joukenduke] (n) operant conditioning [Add to Longdo] |
| スキナー箱 | [スキナーばこ, sukina-bako] (n) Skinner box (i.e. an operant conditioning chamber) [Add to Longdo] |