Operant Conditioning (Skinner)
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Analyzing the elemental and experimental structure of Edward Thorndike's connectionism, Ivan Pavlov's classical conditioning, and B.F. Skinner's operant conditioning within psychological theories of learning, if a learner repeatedly repeats a desired response in anticipation of getting a reward or praise from the teacher in a classroom, and gradually the connection of that response with the stimulus becomes so strong that it is automatically exhibited without any additional external instruction, which of the following statements most accurately explains the true scientific nature of this learning process?
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The correct answer is option B. The Law of Effect proposed by Edward Thorndike clarifies that actions that bring satisfaction or rewards to an individual become stronger, and B.F. Skinner furthered this idea by considering reinforcement as the central basis of learning in operant conditioning. Pavlov's theory focuses on conditioned responses, whereas Thorndike's and Skinner's models deal primarily with the regulation of behavior through rewards and consequences.
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