operant conditioning

noun
1.
conditioning (def 1).
Origin
1940-45
Examples from the web for operant conditioning
  • Behavioral husbandry and operant conditioning allows us to keep the animals mentally exercised as well.
  • We were more interested in operant conditioning way back then.
  • The reward system is based on the educational notion of positive reinforcement and operant conditioning.
operant conditioning in Medicine

operant conditioning n.
A process of behavior modification in which a subject is encouraged to behave in a desired manner through positive or negative reinforcement, so that the subject comes to associate the pleasure or displeasure of the reinforcement with the behavior.