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operant conditioning
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operant conditioning
n. Psychology
A process of behavior modification in which the likelihood of a specific behavior is increased or decreased through positive or negative reinforcement each time the behavior is exhibited, so that the subject comes to associate the pleasure or displeasure of the reinforcement with the behavior.
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Noun1.operant conditioning - conditioning in which an operant response is brought under stimulus control by virtue of presenting reinforcement contingent upon the occurrence of the operant response
conditioning - a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment
instrumental conditioning - operant conditioning that pairs a response with a reinforcement in discrete trials; reinforcement occurs only after the response is given
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By functionally defining verbal events in this way, it is possible to understand indirectly acquired human avoidance learning in terms of two key concepts: derived relational responding and the transformation of stimulus functions (Dymond & Rehfeldt, 2000; Forsyth, Eifert, & Barrios, 2006).
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s (1996) interpretation of their findings is consistent with Schmauk's (1970) conceptualization of the mental maze task as an avoidance learning procedure in that performance during the task requires the adoption of an alternative problem solving approach (i.
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It is possible that excessive fear of the UCS would interfere with the smooth progression of avoidance learning.
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