"Operant conditioning, also called instrumental conditioning..."
Explains how we learn behaviors through their positive or negative consequences, where behaviors that are rewarded are more likely to be repeated and those that are punished are less likely to be repeated.
"behaviors are modified through the association of stimuli with reinforcement or punishment."
"Operant conditioning originated in the work of Edward Thorndike..."
"behaviors arise as a result of whether their consequences are satisfying or discomforting."
"operant conditioning was studied by behaviorist psychologists..."
"Reinforcements are environmental stimuli that increase behaviors, whereas punishments are stimuli that decrease behaviors."
"Both kinds of stimuli can be further categorized into positive and negative stimuli..."
"operant conditioning is voluntary and depends on the consequences of a behavior."
"The study of animal learning in the 20th century was dominated by the analysis of these two sorts of learning..."
"They have also been applied to the study of social psychology..."
"behaviors are modified through the association of stimuli with reinforcement or punishment."
"Operant conditioning originated in the work of Edward Thorndike..."
"classical conditioning, which is a process where stimuli are paired with biologically significant events..."
"operant conditioning is voluntary and depends on the consequences of a behavior."
"Reinforcements are environmental stimuli that increase behaviors..."
"punishments are stimuli that decrease behaviors."
"Both kinds of stimuli can be further categorized into positive and negative stimuli..."
"they are still at the core of behavior analysis."
"..helping to clarify certain phenomena such as the false consensus effect."
"operants—behaviors that affect one's environment—are conditioned to occur or not occur depending on the environmental consequences of the behavior."