Associations to the word «Operant»
Noun
- Classroom
- Decrease
- Effect
- Affect
- Medication
- Produce
- Mechanism
- Evaluation
- Process
- Setting
- Cal
- Experiment
- Reduction
- Task
- Con
- Delivery
- Connor
- Client
- Research
- Effectiveness
- Component
- Presentation
- Monkey
- Box
- Observation
- Mind
- Phenomenon
- Planet
- Method
- Increase
- Model
- Application
- Study
- Numbers
- Control
- Disability
- Skill
- Governed
- Subject
- Framework
- Focus
- Infant
- Handbook
- Condition
- Emphasis
- Rate
- Relationship
- Demonstration
- Chamber
- Trait
- Factor
- Peer
- Contrast
- Memory
- Variable
- Basis
- Reading
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
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues,
and can moderate their desires more than their words.