Term: instrumental conditioning: operant conditioning that pairs a response with a reinforcement in discrete trials; reinforcement occurs only after the response is given
Candidate hypernym: operant conditioning: conditioning in which an operant response is brought under stimulus control by virtue of presenting reinforcement contingent upon the occurrence of the operant response → 1
Candidate hypernym: invention: a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation → 0
Candidate hypernym: oxbow: the land inside an oxbow bend in a river → 0
Candidate hypernym: polyplacophora: small class of marine mollusks comprising the chitons; sometimes considered an order of the subclass Amphineura → 0
Candidate hypernym: homogenized milk: milk with the fat particles broken up and dispersed uniformly so the cream will not rise → 0
Candidate hypernym: innocence: a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense → 0
Candidate hypernym: sheriff: the principal law-enforcement officer in a county → 0
Candidate hypernym: constitution: the way in which someone or something is composed → 0
Candidate hypernym: bulk mail: mail consisting of large numbers of identical items (circulars or advertisements) sent to individual addresses at less than 1st-class rates and paid for in one lot → 0
Candidate hypernym: cuckoo clock: clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo → 0
Candidate hypernym: internal cerebral vein: two paired veins passing caudally near the midline and uniting to form the great cerebral vein → 0