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adj. Operating to produce effects; effective.

adj. Psychology Of, relating to, or being a response that occurs spontaneously and is identified by its reinforcing or inhibiting effects.

n. One that operates.

n. Psychology An element of operant behavior.

adj. That operates to produce an effect.

n. An operative person or thing.

n. A class of behavior that produces consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment.

adj. Operative.

Working; engaged in action; active; operative; effective.

n. One who operates; an operator or operative; a worker or workman.

adj. having influence or producing an effect

"He argued that this occurs through a process that he called operant conditioning."

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