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Recent Examples of operant
Researchers then had both groups compete against pain-free mice in a standard motivational test called a progressive ratio (PR) operant test, in which tasty treats become progressively harder to earn.
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Ben Thomas, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2014
The current study investigated domestic cat preferences at the individual and population level using a free operant preference assessment.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2017
Bradfield probably could have parlayed that success into some sort of cushy position with Burnett, but his operant mode was reinvention.
—Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2022
As such, mobile games have developed into monsters psychologically tuned to rip thousands out of players vulnerable enough to be operant conditioned into a game addiction.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
Ben Thomas, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2014
The current study investigated domestic cat preferences at the individual and population level using a free operant preference assessment.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2017
Bradfield probably could have parlayed that success into some sort of cushy position with Burnett, but his operant mode was reinvention.
—Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2022
As such, mobile games have developed into monsters psychologically tuned to rip thousands out of players vulnerable enough to be operant conditioned into a game addiction.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for operant
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Sweeter tomatoes may one day offer more efficient produce options for manufacturers.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Surprisingly, two of the three rats chose to take the less efficient path of turning away from the reward and running to the car to drive to their Froot Loop destination.Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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The muses may hold a pen in one hand and a smoke, or steaming mug, in the other—herbal remedies continue to be efficacious for writer’s block.Alison Habens, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
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Truth be told, Hinds was skeptical that an efficacious facial could be done in a half-hour.Jennifer Weil, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024
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Since 2014, that party has been disbanded, its remnants swept into the much smaller and less effectual Opposition Bloc.Konstantin Skorkin, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2019
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Exceptions, such as the Iranian sanctions preceding the negotiation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), are typically multinational, economically effectual, and explicit in stating the criteria and circumstances under which policy change would yield sanctions removal.Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2017
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Raisman, like Chiles, was also the last to go in her Olympic final, making the time-crunch to file an expedient appeal particularly intense and the result more dramatic.Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
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Sidestepping divisive questions might be politically expedient, limiting attention on the party’s increasingly out-of-step agenda.Editorial Board, Washington Post, 7 July 2024
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In fact, effective networking can lead to significant growth in your career.Sho Dewan, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Barbara Quinn, Coral Springs Sending in the clowns Twenty clowns make a jolly circus, but not an effective government.Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Operant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/operant. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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