Operant Definition
ŏpər-ənt
adjective
Operating, or producing an effect or effects.
Webster's New World
Designating behavior defined by the resulting stimulus rather than the stimulus which elicits it.
Webster's New World
Designating conditioning in which the desired response, when it occurs, is reinforced by a stimulus.
Webster's New World
noun
A person or thing that operates.
Webster's New World
An element of operant behavior.
American Heritage Medicine
(psychology) A class of behavior that produces consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Operant
Noun
Singular:
operant
Plural:
operantsOrigin of Operant
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Latin operāns operant- present participle of operārī to work operate
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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