operant

Speech parts

1. operant - Noun

2. operant - Adjective

3. operant - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Operative.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

operative active author actor conductor driver engineer manipulator doer effective acting agent operator functional executor
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Antonyms

ineffective inefficient entrepreneur ineffectual inoperative feckless
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Phrases with the word

employ operant conditioning techniques

Anagrams

pronate protean Apteron Paterno tropane Poterna

Examples

The strengthening of behavior which results from reinforcement is appropriately called "conditioning". In operant conditioning we "strengthen" an operant in the sense of making a response more probable or, in actual fact, more frequent. B. F. Skinner

many emotional determinants at work Source: Internet

an operant conscience Source: Internet

A new method of "instrumental" or " operant " conditioning added the concepts of reinforcement and punishment to the model of behavior change. Source: Internet

Control of operant behavior The second question, "how is operant behavior controlled?" arises because, to begin with, the behavior is "emitted" without reference to any particular stimulus. Source: Internet

By channeling research in these directions, the operant conditioning chamber has had a huge influence on course of research in animal learning and its applications. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

operancy operand operandum operant conditioning operantly operaphile