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- Operant stimulus discrimination : Operant stimulus discrimination refers to the tendency to make an operant response when stimuli previously associated with reward are present and to withhold the response when stimuli associated with non-reward are present.

Operant stimulus generalization refers to the tendency to respond to stimuli similar to those that preceded operant reinforcement.

Operating principle refers to a preferred way of taking in or operating on information.

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Operating space refers to the mental space that can be allocated to the execution of intellectual operations in Case's Theory of working memory.

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Deutsch: Operation / Español: Operación / Português: Operação / Français: Opération / Italiano: Operazione /

Operation refers to an action that is performed on an object or a set of objects.

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Operation Identification refers to a proactive effort to identify personal property to prevent its theft

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Operational definition refers to the concrete and specific definition of something in terms of the operations by which observations are to be categorized; a definition of a concept in terms of the operations that must be performed to demonstrate the concept. Operational definition is the definition of a concept by specifying the operations required to manipulate or measure the concept. It is defining a scientific concept by stating the specific actions or procedures used to measure it. For example, "hunger" might be defined as "the number of hours of food deprivation. "

Operational definitions refer to observable operations, procedures, and measurements that are based on the independent and dependent variables

Moreover, Operational definitions are

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