instrumental conditioning

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   operant conditioning that pairs a response with a reinforcement in discrete trials; reinforcement occurs only after the response is given

   Broaderoperant conditioning

Questions about instrumental conditioning

What does instrumental conditioning mean?

instrumental conditioning means "operant conditioning that pairs a response with a reinforcement in discrete trials; reinforcement occurs only after the response is given".

Is instrumental conditioning a common word?

instrumental conditioning is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.