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In operant conditioning, ______ provides a reward in return for a constructive action on the part of the subject.

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Positive reinforcement

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Positive reinforcement in operant conditioning has to do with giving a subject (humans or animals) a favorable stimulus or a reward when a desirable or constructive action is carried out. Therefore, the subject associates that reward and the action, and tend to carry out that action more.

For example, a mother rewarding her daughter with a piece of chocolate for cleaning up her room.

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