A learning process in which behavior is modified by its consequences — reinforcement increases it and punishment decreases it.
From Latin 'operari' (to work, labor) + 'condicio.' Named by B.F. Skinner because the organism 'operates' on its environment.
Operant conditioning is learning from consequences — do something good, get a reward, do it more. Do something bad, get punished, do it less. Simple but powerful!
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