Psychology 【心理】
- involving the modification of behaviour by the reinforcing or inhibiting effect of its own consequences (instrumental conditioning)操作性的。
- an item of behaviour that is not a response to a prior stimulus but something which is initially spontaneous, which may reinforce or inhibit recurrence of that behaviour操作性行为。
词源
late Middle English: from Latin operant- 'being at work', from the verb operari.