AP PSYCHOLOGY

LEARNING

OPERANT CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Learning that results from unpleasant consequences
A
reinforcement
B
interval
C
aversive control or punishment
D
primary reinforcer
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Particularly, the type of learning that stresses the consequences of behavior is known as operant conditioning (b). As an associative type of learning, operant conditioning involves the association between behaviors and their results or consequences, pleasant and unpleasant.

Detailed explanation-2: -refers to the use of an aversive outcome, such as punishment or negative reinforcement, to control behavior, and eliminate undesirable behavior.

Detailed explanation-3: -Because negative punishment procedures decreases the likelihood of the behavior occurring again by removing a stimulus, the stimulus must be pleasant or essential. The person or animal learns to associate the negative consequence with the behavior. This type of conditioning is also known as “punishment by removal.”

Detailed explanation-4: -Operant conditioning, also known as instrumental conditioning, is a method of learning normally attributed to B.F. Skinner, where the consequences of a response determine the probability of it being repeated.

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