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Related to operants: instrumental conditioning, law of effect, Operant behavior, Respondent conditioning, Observational learning
op·er·ant
(ŏp′ər-ənt)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 operāns, operant-, present participle of operārī, to work; see operate.]
op′er·ant·ly adv.
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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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op•er•ant
(ˈɒp ər ənt)adj.
1. operating; producing effects.
n. 2. a person or thing that operates.
[1595–1605; < Late Latin]
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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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