CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

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GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

OPERANT CONDITIONING

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If you are using operant conditioning principles to train a dog, then any punishment you deliver should be administered ____ an unwanted response from the dog. Any reward you administer should be administered ____ a desired response from the dog. If you are using classical conditioning to train a dog, the conditioned stimulus should be administered ____ the dog’s response.
A
after; after; after
B
after; before; after
C
after; after; before
D
before; before; after
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -That’s where operant conditioning comes in. Also known as trial-and-error learning, this is when dogs learn to associate their behavior with its consequences. And dogs increase the frequency of behaviors with pleasant consequences and decrease the frequency of those with unpleasant consequences.

Detailed explanation-2: -In operant conditioning, punishment is any change in a human or animal’s surroundings which, occurring after a given behavior or response, reduces the likelihood of that behavior occurring again in the future. As with reinforcement, it is the behavior, not the human/animal, that is punished.

Detailed explanation-3: -In operant conditioning, positive and negative do not mean good and bad. Instead, positive means you are adding something, and negative means you are taking something away. Reinforcement means you are increasing a behavior, and punishment means you are decreasing a behavior.

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