LEARNING
OPERANT CONDITIONING
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Question
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the learner plays a more active role in acquiring the new behaviour in classical conditioning.
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reinforcement is more likely to occur in classical conditioning.
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the response almost always occurs prior to the stimulus in classical conditioning.
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the response in classical conditioning is reflexive.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Classical conditioning involves associating an involuntary response and a stimulus, while operant conditioning is about associating a voluntary behavior and a consequence. In operant conditioning, the learner is also rewarded with incentives, 5 while classical conditioning involves no such enticements.
Detailed explanation-2: -The most important thing to remember is that classical conditioning involves automatic or reflexive responses, and not voluntary behavior (that’s operant conditioning, and that is a different post).
Detailed explanation-3: -In classical conditioning, the stimulus comes before the behavior to develop a relationship between the two. In operant conditioning, the behavior comes first and the negative or positive reinforcement comes after.
Detailed explanation-4: -Operant conditioning explains that behavior is reflexive because it is modeled by the responses received from different events.
Detailed explanation-5: -Classical conditioning is Stimulus (S) elicits >Response (R) conditioning since the antecedent stimulus (singular) causes (elicits) the reflexive or involuntary response to occur. Classical conditioning starts with a reflex: an innate, involuntary behavior elicited or caused by an antecedent environmental event.