operant
pronunciation
How to pronounce operant in British English:
UK ['ɒpərənt]
How to pronounce operant in American English:
US ['ɒpərənt]
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- Adjective:
- having influence or producing an effect
Word Origin
- operant (adj.)
- "that works," early 15c., from Latin operantem (nominative operans), present participle of operari "to work" (see operation). Psychological sense of "involving behavior modification" coined 1937 by U.S. psychologist B.F. Skinner (as in operant conditioning, 1938, Skinner).
Example
- 1. Animal classical conditioning and operant conditioning learning behavior .
- 2. Every cat with an owner , for instance , is running a small-scale study in operant conditioning .
- 3. Objective to test and assess the effectiveness and reliability of closed-circuit operant preferential looking system for examination visual acuity in infants .
- 4. The study of nerves mechanisms of regular swimming in facilitating operant conditioning of rat .
- 5. Behaviorists say behavior is learned by classical conditioning or operant conditioning .