| 单词 | operant conditioning |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoperant conditioning 2. Psychology. Involving the modification of behaviour by the reinforcing or inhibiting effect of its own consequences. Frequently in operant conditioning. Contrasted with respondent adj. 4b; cf. instrumental adj. 7. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > conditioning > [adjective] > involving consequences operant1937 1937 B. F. Skinner in Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 16 274 There is also a kind of response which occurs spontaneously in the absence of any stimulation with which it may be specifically correlated... I shall call such a unit an operant and the behavior in general, operant behavior. 1941 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 54 568 (heading) An automatic device for providing motivation and reinforcement in operant conditioning. 1959 Jrnl. Exper. Anal. Behavior 2 57 Young and Boycott..describe behavior in the octopus which is almost certainly operant in nature, i.e., not elicited, but maintained by its consequences. 1968 Listener 29 Aug. 265/2 The sickest man in the hospital was selected to be..the first experiment in ‘operant conditioning’ therapy on a severely regressed and catatonic schizophrenic in Britain. 1975 Nature 20 Mar. 219/1 Behaviourism..puts us in a position to alter and improve the condition of mankind if only we will apply its commanding insights..into the agency of such cardinal notions as reinforcement and operant behaviour. 1993 Dog World Nov. 49/1 Operant conditioning enables a trainer to correct unwanted behaviors by using a variable reward system. < as lemmas |
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