Operant conditioning

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Operant conditioning is a learning process in which the likelihood of a behavior is modified by its consequences, such as rewards or punishments.

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law of effect 5
Operant conditioning canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf behaviorist theory ⓘ
learning process ⓘ
psychological concept ⓘ
appliesTo humans ⓘ
nonhuman animals ⓘ
assumes behaviors followed by punishment decrease in frequency ⓘ
behaviors followed by reinforcement increase in frequency ⓘ
basedOn law of effect ⓘ
contrastsWith classical conditioning ⓘ
coreIdea behavior is controlled by its consequences ⓘ
developedBy B. F. Skinner ⓘ
field behavioral psychology ⓘ
learning theory ⓘ
psychology ⓘ
focusesOn consequences of behavior ⓘ
voluntary behavior ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
includesConcept consequence ⓘ
contingency ⓘ
discrimination ⓘ
discriminative stimulus ⓘ
generalization ⓘ
negative punishment ⓘ
negative reinforcement ⓘ
operant response ⓘ
positive punishment ⓘ
positive reinforcement ⓘ
primary reinforcer ⓘ
response ⓘ
secondary reinforcer ⓘ
token economy ⓘ
influencedBy Edward Thorndike ⓘ
linked to: Edward L. Thorndike
measurementUnit response rate ⓘ
modifies likelihood of behavior ⓘ
oftenRepresentedBy cumulative recorder ⓘ
oftenStudiedWith Skinner box ⓘ
relatedTo instrumental conditioning ⓘ
radical behaviorism ⓘ
usedIn animal training ⓘ
applied behavior analysis ⓘ
behavior modification ⓘ
clinical psychology ⓘ
education ⓘ
organizational behavior management ⓘ
uses extinction ⓘ
punishment ⓘ
reinforcement ⓘ
schedules of reinforcement ⓘ
shaping ⓘ

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Behaviorism → keyConcept → Operant conditioning ⓘ
subject linked to: behaviorism
Edward L. Thorndike → knownFor → law of effect ⓘ
linked to: Operant conditioning
Edward L. Thorndike → theory → law of effect ⓘ
linked to: Operant conditioning
Operant conditioning → basedOn → law of effect ⓘ
linked to: Operant conditioning
Edward L. Thorndike → knownFor → law of effect ⓘ
subject linked to: Thorndike
linked to: Operant conditioning
Edward L. Thorndike → mainTheory → law of effect ⓘ
subject linked to: Thorndike
linked to: Operant conditioning