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Abstract: Operant conditioning (OC) and secondary conditioning are two important mechanisms for organisms to adapt to external environments. However, most memristor-based neural network circuits only ...

This principle, central to B.F. Skinner’s work on operant conditioning, has been misunderstood, dismissed, or even mocked in certain educational theories. Nevertheless, Skinner's basic claim ...

such as B.F. Skinner's theory of operant conditioning, argued that the environment always controlled people’s behavior. Such theories suggested that people were just passive recipients of ...

Arlo was almost like the rat in an operant conditioning box for those who studied psychology. If he gave something up, he was rewarded. He kept hearing and repeating “Unclutter your life ...

Operant conditioning is based on using stimulus and reward to modify the occurrence of a behaviour. B.F. Skinner distinguished two types of behaviours: There are four types of reinforcement schedules ...