The 'Conditioning Behavior' Psychologists Are Warning Parents and Grandparents About originally appeared on Parade. Let’s be real: Raising kids is no easy feat, for many reasons. Parents, grandparents ...
Operant conditioning is a theory that explains how behaviors are influenced by their consequences or results. It’s often used today to help people adopt new behaviors or change old habits. If you’ve ...
Operant conditioning is B.F. Skinner’s name for instrumental learning: learning by consequences. Not a new idea, of course. Humanity has always known how to teach children and animals by means of ...