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operant conditioning
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun operant conditioning has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
operant conditioning, n.
A process for causing animals to behave in a specific manner by rewarding or punishing the animal each time it performs a certain act; after a time, the animal comes to associate the reward or punishment with the act, and will increase or decrease the frequency of performing that act. [PJC]
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