Operant means producing an effect; the initially voluntary act that becomes more or less probable of occurring depending on the consequence that it produces.
Related Articles | |
| Negative reinforcer at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■■ |
Negative reinforcer refers to any event that, when terminated or prevented by a behavior, increases the . . . Read More | |
| Operant Conditioning at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■■ |
Operant Conditioning refers to B. F. Skinner's learning paradigm in which the consequences of a behavior . . . Read More | |
| Chaining at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Chaining is one of the principles involved in the operant conditioning theory of learning. In the form . . . Read More | |
| Reinforcement at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Reinforcement refers to the process by which an organism learns to increase the rate of a response. Other . . . Read More | |
| Contingency at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Contingency refers to the relationship between a response and its outcome in operant conditioning or . . . Read More | |
| Operant behavior at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Operant behavior is defined as a behavior that is emitted by an organism rather than elicited by a known . . . Read More | |
| Performance contingency at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Performance contingency is a concept in psychology that refers to the conditions or situations where . . . Read More | |
| Environment at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Our Environment is the complex of factors (those of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere) . . . Read More | |
| Avoidance responses at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Avoidance responses : Avoidance responses refer to responses that allow an organism to avoid contact . . . Read More | |
| Extinction at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Extinction refers to the gradual disappearance of a behaviour after it is not followed by a reinforcer. . . . Read More | |