Question

) A child learns that whenever he eats all of his dinner he gets a cookie for dessert. This type of learning is BEST explained by ________.

A) biofeedback theory
B) classical conditioning
C) social learning theory
D) operant conditioning

Answer 1

operant conditioning

Step-by-step explanation:

B.F Skinner first used the term Operant conditioning to explain that besides internal motivation how the external stimulus affects the behavior of an individual. He explained Operant condition as a learning which enforced by external rewards and punishments. This theory how the consequences determine their behavior.