AP PSYCHOLOGY

LEARNING

OPERANT CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The type of learning where an animal or person tries to take steps they have learned will keep an unpleasant situation from happening in the future.
A
Escape Learning
B
Classical Learning
C
Avoidance Learning
D
Association Learning
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Avoidance response is another type of conditioned learning that involves the administration of stressful or noxious stimuli which causes the organism to avoid the stimulus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Avoidance learning is a type of operant conditioning (also known as instrumental conditioning).

Detailed explanation-3: -Habituation, imprinting, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and cognitive learning.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Conditioning is a type of learning that links some sort of trigger or stimulus to a human behavior or response.

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