instrumental learning

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noun

psychol a method of training in which the reinforcement is made contingent on the occurrence of the response Compare classical conditioning

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Kamiya's experiments are typical in several respects of all autonomic-research methods, which employ what is known as operant conditioning or instrumental learning.

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