Question

Learning that smoking is associated with an unpleasant feeling by snapping a rubber band on your wrist every time you get the urge to smoke would be an example of _____.

a) Classical conditioning
b) Operant conditioning
c) Observational learning
d) Extinction

Answer 1

Operant conditioning

Step-by-step explanation:

b) Operant conditioning

In operant conditioning, organisms learn to associate a behavior and its consequence. A pleasant consequence makes that behavior more likely to be repeated in the future. In the example given, snapping a rubber band on your wrist every time you get the urge to smoke acts as a punishment, which is a type of consequence, and this helps to decrease the behavior of smoking. Therefore, this example demonstrates operant conditioning.