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After 20 minutes of waiting outside the baggage claim area for your friend to pick you up, you decide to go inside the airport terminal and phone her. Standing a short distance from you is a kind-looking older woman. "Would you mind watching my luggage so I can go make a quick phone call?" you ask politely. "I'd be happy to watch it for you," she replies, "my ride is not coming for another half-hour." When you return less than five minutes later, the old lady and your luggage (including your laptop) are gone. This example illustrates one of the problems associated with:
Operant Conditioning
A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, enhancing or diminishing the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.
Insight Learning
A form of learning that involves a sudden realization of a problem's solution without trial and error, typically leading to an immediate behavioral change.
Vicarious Learning
Learning that occurs by observing the actions of others and the consequences of those actions, without direct experience.
Positive Reinforcer
A stimulus that, when presented after a behavior, increases the likelihood of that behavior occurring in the future.
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