Bob goes out with some friends to a new restaurant near campus. He gets fish-and-chips, but he also drinks a few too many mixed drinks and gets sick. The next time he goes to the restaurant, he avoids the fish-and-chips because the very thought of them makes him feel nauseous.

OPERANT CONDITIONING

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

A	Classical Conditioning
B	Operant Conditioning
C	Either A or B
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: The correct answer is C. When a dog plays dead she gets a treat in order to encourage her to repeat the behavior. The dog has learned that she will get a treat, positive reinforcement, for playing dead in this example.

Detailed explanation-2: -In classical conditioning, the initial period of learning is known as acquisition, when an organism learns to connect a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus.

Detailed explanation-3: -Developed by the Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov, classical conditioning is the first type of learning wherein an organism responds to an environmental stimulus.

Detailed explanation-4: -In negative punishment, you remove a pleasant stimulus to decrease a behavior. For example, when a child misbehaves, a parent can take away a favorite toy. In this case, a stimulus (the toy) is removed in order to decrease the behavior.

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AP PSYCHOLOGY

LEARNING

OPERANT CONDITIONING