Question

A class decides to pull a prank on their professor during a lecture. Every time the professor stands on the left side of the room, the class smiles and pays attention to the what the professor is saying. Every time the professor stands on the right side of the room, the class frowns and looks away from the professor. After about 15 minutes of this, the students notice that the professor is lecturing almost exclusively from the left side of the room. This is an example of ______________ conditioning. When the professor stands on the left side of the room, this is the_______. When the students smile and pay attention, this is the______.

Answer 1

Answer: operant

Operant conditioning

Reinforcer

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

operant

Operant conditioning

Reinforcer

Explanation:

The above example depicts behaviourism and it's tools such as operant conditioning and reinforcer.

This is identified with behaviourist psychologist, Burrhus Frederic Skinner commonly known as B. F Skinner. B. F skinner believed that classical conditioning in behaviourism under such names as J. B Watson was too simple and didn't properly explain behaviour. His operant conditioning and reinforcement meant that behaviour could be conditioned through reward and punishment as exemplified in the question above.