Glen is attempting to use operant conditioning to train his dog, Thor, to fetch a ball upon command. To test Thor’s understandin
g, Glen throws the ball and yells, “Pineapple!” Thor does not fetch the ball. Which process of operant conditioning has Thor demonstrated? A. stimuli optimization B. stimuli discrimination C. stimuli extinction D. stimuli generalization
Based on the given scenario above, the process of operant conditioning that Thor has demonstrated when being trained by Glen is stimuli discrimination. The answer would be option B. Stimuli discrimination is one of the strategies in operant conditioning wherein there is a tendency of learning new behaviors when a new or not similar stimuli is present in the training. Hope this answer helps.
