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Operant Conditioning

Known as: conditioning operant, Learning, Instrumental, Operant Conditionings 
Learning situations in which the sequence responses of the subject are instrumental in producing reinforcement. When the correct response occurs… 
National Institutes of Health

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Behavior ControlBehavior TherapyBurrhus Frederic SkinnerConditioned Stimulus

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Conditioned ReflexConditioning FadingDiscrimination LearningPsychological reinforcement

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Conditioning (Psychology)

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Appetitive Instrumental Learning Is Impaired by Inhibition of cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase within the Nucleus Accumbens
The medium spiny neurons of the nucleus accumbens receive a unique convergence of dopaminergic and glutamatergic inputs from… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Operant conditioning of H-reflex in spinal cord-injured rats.
Operant conditioning of the spinal stretch reflex or its electrical analog, the H-reflex, is a new model for exploring the… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Changes in instrumentally and classically conditioned limb-flexion responses following inferior olivary lesions and olivocerebellar tractotomy in the cat
Lesions were placed in various parts of the inferior olivary nucleus and olivocerebellar tract in an attempt to define further… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Prenatal cocaine exposure induces deficits in Pavlovian conditioning and sensory preconditioning among infant rat pups.
Offspring derived from Sprague-Dawley dams that received daily subcutaneous injection of 40 mg/kg.3 cc-1 cocaine hydrochloride… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Long-term synaptic changes produced by a cellular analog of classical conditioning in Aplysia.
A change in synaptic strength arising from the activation of two neuronal pathways at approximately the same time is a form of… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Differential effects of omission contingencies on various components of Pavlovian appetitive conditioned responding in rats.
  • Peter C. Holland
  • Journal of experimental psychology. Animal…
  • 1979
  • Corpus ID: 11620226
Five experiments with rat subjects investigated the effects of omission and partial reinforcement contingencies on five… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
The role of predrug signals in morphine analgesic tolerance: support for a Pavlovian conditioning model of tolerance.
According to a model of morphine tolerance, which emphasizes Pavlovian conditioning principles, tolerance results from an… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
The thalamic rat: general behavior, operant learning with rewarding hypothalamic stimulation, and effects of amphetamine.
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
EFFECT OF SEPTAL LESIONS ON THIRST IN THE RAT AS INDICATED BY WATER CONSUMPTION AND OPERANT RESPONDING FOR WATER REWARD.
Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
Role-taking in childhood and its consequences for social learning.
Let us assume that a large part of what a young child learns is acquired through the process of instrumental learning. This… 
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