What Is Operant Behavior?
Operant behavior is a term first used by B.F. Skinner who was one of the best-known psychologists in the behaviorism school. In his many years of work, Skinner theorized that organisms were often influenced in behavior by consequences, and that previous consequences would have an affect on future behavior. Consequences could be either natural or contrived, and were often contrived in the types of studies on operant behavior practices on animals. Essentially operant behavior is the person/organism response to consequences, and the way behavior is influence by such. Operant itself is behavior that produces some affect on the general environment. Another definition could be not only behavior that is influenced by environment but that causes change to the environment.
