AP PSYCHOLOGY

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LEARNING

OPERANT CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A type of learning in which a person or animal does something that they have learned will help them “get away” from an unpleasant stimulus or situation that is happening now is called ____
A
Avoidance Learning
B
Classical Conditioning
C
Escape Learning
D
Association Learning
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Rather than delivering an aversive stimulus (punishment) or a reward (positive reinforcement), negative reinforcement works by taking away something that the individual finds undesirable. This removal reinforces the behavior that proceeds it, making it more likely that the response will occur again in the future.

Detailed explanation-2: -Conditioning is a type of learning that links some sort of trigger or stimulus to a human behavior or response.

Detailed explanation-3: -In operant conditioning, organisms learn to associate a behavior and its consequence (Table). A pleasant consequence makes that behavior more likely to be repeated in the future.

Detailed explanation-4: -Habituation, imprinting, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and cognitive learning.

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