Question

"i just don't understand! i want my daughter to stop leaving her shoes in the hall when she gets home. every day she leaves her shoes in the hall, i take away dessert after dinner. it's been three weeks and she's not even starting to put her shoes away." according to operant conditioning, what does this show?

Answer 1

According to operant conditioning, this shows that in this type of leaning, the behaviour is controlled by learning.Under this, there is positive reinforcement where an award is given after a good behaviour and this guarantees that the good behaviour will continue because an award is being given.

Answer 2

VARIABLE INTERVAL SCHEDULE OF REINFORCEMENT

Probably, the situation implies the answer stated above which is the "Variable Interval Schedule of Reinforcement". In operant conditioning, a variable-interval schedule is a schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded after an unpredictable amount of time has passed. This schedule produces a slow, steady rate of response.

As you probably recall, operant conditioning can either strengthen or weaken behaviors through the use of reinforcement and punishment.