Associations to the word «Operant»
Noun
- Conditioning
- Classical
- Milieu
- Skinner
- Reinforcement
- Contingency
- Stimulus
- Normal
- Behavior
- Polity
- Extinction
- Denis
- Aura
- Dartmouth
- Learning
- Therapy
- Response
- Procedure
- Punishment
- Consequence
- Rat
- Occurrence
- Intervention
- Principle
- Marc
- Probability
- Ing
- Pain
- Treatment
- Analysis
- Definition
- Respondent
- Environment
- Theory
- Avoidance
- Unity
- Approach
- Magnate
- Shaping
- Lever
- Brain
- Reflex
- Paradigm
- Aversion
- Antecedent
- Reward
- Lucille
- Food
- Stimulation
- Modification
- Arousal
- Pigeon
- Generalization
- Coercion
- Motivation
- Organism
- Behaviour
- Altering
- Relaxation
- Crook
- Ontology
- Craving
- Rein
Adjective
Wiktionary
OPERANT, adjective. That operates to produce an effect.
OPERANT, noun. An operative person or thing.
OPERANT, noun. (psychology) Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment.
OPERANT CONDITIONING, noun. (psychology) A technique of behavior modification through positive and negative reinforcement and positive and negative punishment
Dictionary definition
OPERANT, adjective. Having influence or producing an effect; "many emotional determinants at work"; "an operant conscience".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.