GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
OPERANT CONDITIONING
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Question
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The word “Operant” in Skinner’s operant conditioning refers to
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the environment in which an organism is conditioned.
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the process by which an organism learns to discriminate between different types of reinforcers.
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an organismês response or behaviour that acts on the environment and leads to some sort of outcome.
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the positive or negative outcome of an organismês behaviour.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Skinner. Operant conditioning is a form of learning in which the motivation for a behavior happens after the behavior is demonstrated. An animal or a human receives a consequence after performing a specific behavior. The consequence is either a reinforcer or a punisher.
Detailed explanation-2: -Operant conditioning is so named because the subject “operates” on the environment. An early theory of operant conditioning, proposed by Edward Thorndike, used the name instrumental learning because the response is “instrumental” in obtaining the reward.
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