operant conditioning

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operant conditioning

[′äp·ə·rənt kən′dish·ə·niŋ]
(psychology)
A form of learning in which the subject, in a given situation, tends to respond in a way that produces rewarding effects, reinforcing previous pleasurable experiences. Also known as instrumental conditioning; reinforcement conditioning.

operant conditioning

See CONDITIONING.
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Aposematic colouration and avoidance learning in chicks.
The evolution of unpalatability and warning coloration in soft-bodied marine invertebrates
Pharmacological differences between memory consolidation of habituation to an open field and inhibitory avoidance learning.
(--)-Linalool, a naturally occurring monoterpene compound, impairs memory acquisition in the object recognition task, inhibitory avoidance test and habituation to a novel environment in rats
Retention of passive avoidance learning response: The retention of passive avoidance learning response behavior was investigated in a multi trial step-through paradigm.
Effects of exercise on memory consolidation and retrieval of passive avoidance learning in young male rats
It is known that the administration of anisomycin weakens the retention of inhibitory avoidance learning in different experimental animals (Flood, Smith, Bennett, Alberti, Orme, & Jarvik, 1986; Freeman, Rose, & Scholey, 1995; Quevedo, Vianna, Roesler, de-Paris, Izquierdo, & Rose, 1999).
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