CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

OPERANT CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following statements is correct for both classical conditioning and operant conditioning?
A
both require reinforcement to be given before the desired response
B
both require reinforcement to be given each time after the desired response
C
both involve only voluntary responses
D
both can produce stimulus generalisation and stimulus discrimination
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Classical and operant conditioning are two important concepts central to behavioral psychology. There are similarities between classical and operant conditioning. Both result in learning and both suggest that a subject can adapt to their environment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Classical and operant conditioning are both similar because they involve making association between behaviour and events in an organism’s environment and are governed by several general laws of association-for example, it is easier to associate stimuli that are similar to each other and that occur at similar times.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer:Operant conditioning takes place as a result of some voluntary action while classical conditioning takes place without choice.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following statements is true of classical conditioning? The unconditioned stimulus and the conditioned stimulus must be presented very close together in time for their pairing to work.

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