The Three Conditions Essential to Operant Conditioning Are

question 65

Multiple Choice

The three conditions essential to operant conditioning are

• A)the situation,behavior,and conditioned stimulus.
• B)the unconditioned stimulus,the conditioned stimulus,and the organism.
• C)the antecedent,the behavior,and the consequence.
• D)the unconditioned stimulus,the "Skinner box",and the experimenter.

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Definitions:

Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the experimental treatment, serving as a baseline to compare with the experimental group.

Extraneous Variable

In experimental research, a variable not controlled that could impact the outcome, potentially introducing error.

Independent Variable

In an experiment, the variable that is manipulated by the researcher to observe its effects on the dependent variable.

Control Group

In experimental research, it refers to the group of participants that does not receive the experimental treatment, serving as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.