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operant
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op·er·ant  (pr-nt)
adj.
1. Operating to produce effects; effective.
2. Psychology Of, relating to, or being a response that occurs spontaneously and is identified by its reinforcing or inhibiting effects.
n.
1. One that operates.
2. Psychology An element of operant behavior.
[Latin operns, operant-, present participle of operr, to work; see operate.]
oper·ant·ly adv.
operant [ˈɒpərənt]
adj
producing effects; operating
n
1. a person or thing that operates
2. (Psychology) Psychol any response by an organism that is not directly caused by a stimulus
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Adj.1.operant - having influence or producing an effect; "many emotional determinants at work"; "an operant conscience"
operative - being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"
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When subjects learn to operantly discriminate simultaneously presented stimuli X+Y- and begin to respond nearly exclusively to Stimulus X, this stimulus functions as a [S.
Value transfer in discriminative conditioning with pigeons by Siemann, Martina; Delius, Juan D.; Dombrowski, Daniela; Daniel, Stefanie / The Psychological Record
The present findings are consistent with recent reports that behavior can be operantly conditioned with delays of reinforcement and in the absence of direct shaping.
The effects of delayed reinforcement and a response-produced auditory ... by Schlinger, Henry D., Jr.; Blakely, Elbert / The Psychological Record
 
 
 
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