Upon an in-depth analysis of Edward Thorndike's 'Connectionism', Ivan Pavlov's 'Classical Conditioning', and B.F. Skinner's 'Operant Conditioning' in the psychology of learning, if a learner impacts the environment through voluntary actions without any predetermined mechanical stimulus, and the probability of their response increases based on the received consequences or positive reinforcement, which fundamental mechanism of learning does this demonstrate and how is it fundamentally different from Pavlov's classical conditioning?

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The correct answer is that it reflects B.F. Skinner's 'Operant Conditioning', in which the organism actively operates on the environment (Operant behavior) and the reinforcement resulting from voluntary responses determines the learning process. This is called 'R-type conditioning' because the response is primary. In contrast, Ivan Pavlov's 'Classical Conditioning' is 'S-type conditioning', where the stimulus controls the response. Edward Thorndike's law of effect laid the foundation for these behaviorist principles.

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