Mental Process
operant conditioning
[ op-er-uh nt kuhn-dish-uh-ning ]
Subclass of:
Conditioning (Psychology)
Definitions related to operant conditioning:
  • Learning to anticipate future events on the basis of past experience with the consequences of one's own behavior.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • Modification of behavior by reinforcement (positive or negative) following some spontaneous behavior such as pressing a bar.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (conditioning, operant) Learning situations in which the sequence responses of the subject are instrumental in producing reinforcement. When the correct response occurs, which involves the selection from among a repertoire of responses, the subject is immediately reinforced.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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