GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
LEARNING THEORIES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the way an organism makes associations between stimuli
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how an individual copies the behavioural patterns of other organisms
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responses that are made to instructions given by significant others
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the consequences of one’s actions
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Detailed explanation-1: -Operant conditioning changes behaviors by using consequences, and these consequences will have two characteristics: Reinforcement or punishment.
Detailed explanation-2: -Operant conditioning, sometimes referred to as instrumental conditioning, is a method of learning that uses rewards and punishment to modify behavior. Through operant conditioning, behavior that is rewarded is likely to be repeated, and behavior that is punished will rarely occur.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: ‘Operant conditioning focuses on how the consequences of behavior affect behaviour over time’ is a TRUE statement. Explanation: Through Operant conditioning one is able to understand the rights and wrongs of a behaviour.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.