Glossary O
Glossary O
Operant Conditioning refers to B.F. Skinner's learning paradigm in which the consequences of a behavior determine whether a behavior is repeated in the future.
- Operant conditioning chamber (Skinner box) : Operant conditioning chamber also called Skinner box refers to an apparatus designed to study Operant conditioning in animals
Operant reinforcer refers to any event that reliably increases the probability or frequency of responses it follows.
- Operant stimulus discrimination : Operant stimulus discrimination refers to the tendency to make an operant response when stimuli previously associated with reward are present and to withhold the response when stimuli associated with non-reward are present.
Operant stimulus generalization refers to the tendency to respond to stimuli similar to those that preceded operant reinforcement.
Operating principle refers to a preferred way of taking in or operating on information.