Which of the Following Best Illustrates Operant Conditioning According to Skinner

question 196

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best illustrates operant conditioning according to Skinner?

• A)A dog salivates at the sound of a dinner bell.
• B)A cat comes running when it hears the sound of the can opener.
• C)A dolphin is given a fish every time it jumps through a hoop.
• D)The mating behavior of salmon.

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

The return of a conditioned response that had been previously eliminated, following a timeframe where there was no contact with the conditioned stimulus.

CS-US Trials

In conditioning, trials where a conditioned stimulus (CS) is presented before an unconditioned stimulus (US) to create an association.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process by which a conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears.

Second-order Conditioning

A conditioning process where a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus through association with an already conditioned stimulus.