Which example best illustrates operant conditioning?
a. A man gets nauseated when he smells the same kind of food that once caused him food poisoning.
b. A man asks for a raise because, in the past, his requests have been successful.
c. A woman has been frightened by thunderstorms all her life.
d. A child watches a friend steal from a store, so he thinks he might steal sometime in the future.
Question 2
A common myth about behavioral approaches assumes that people are ____.
a. empty organisms
b. active participants in the developmental process
c. overwhelmed by their free will
d. greatly affected by their internal mental life
Operant conditioning, also known as trial-and-error learning.
A Simple Neural Model of Instrumental Conditioning
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Pavlov’s Original Classical Conditioning Procedure
Conditioning Example
Doty's data show a very rapid drop in late adulthood in the ability to identify smells