Bubba, a very smart German shepherd, has learned that if he barks at the neighbors while they are grilling, they will throw him
a candy. However, his owner, Paul, does not want Bubba to eat candies as it is not good for his health. He does not allow Bubba to eat candies from the neighbors. When Paul is in the yard, Bubba never barks at the neighbors. In operant conditioning terminology, Bubba is demonstrating that he can Multiple Choicea. manage with secondary reinforcers when primary reinforcers are not available.b. learn a partial-reinforcement schedule.c. generalize.d. discriminate.
Operant Conditioning is a tool that involves learning trough the result of behaviours, there are different types of behaviour reinforcements to shape not only animals but also human learning, like for example; Positive: which consists on giving the subject something possitive. Negative: which is all the contrary. Punishment, consisting on exposing the subject to a painful stimulus. Primary which is naturally learnt since it fullfills basic needs and Secondary which basically starts when the Primary is missing like for example in the case of Bubba; for example Bubba is not allowed to eat candy but when its owner is not arround to feed it, it just resorts to eat what it can as a response to the lack of Primary response.
