What this is is learning the relationships between what you do and how successful or unsuccessful they are, learning what works and what doesn't.

操作性条件作用,是在学习行为与成功,或失败程度之间的关系，学习什么行为起作用,什么行为不起作用。

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Even though none of us is ever going to be perfect, every new competency we conquer does have a long-lasting impact on our children, from understanding how to teach children self-control, to helping them gain confidence, to learning how to gain their cooperation (so we don't resort to yelling).

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We don't have any military colleges where someone is learning how to make bombs.

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Isn't that a better learning curve than just learning how to extricate themselves from their successive trophy wives?

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