Operant Conditioning (Skinner)
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When deeply analyzing the elemental and comparative nature of Thorndike's Trial and Error Theory, Pavlov's Classical Conditioning, and Skinner's Operant Conditioning, which of the following statements is most authentically true regarding the Stimulus-Response (S-R) relationships and their control mechanisms across these three learning theories?
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In Pavlov's Classical Conditioning, the stimulus comes before the response and it is related to involuntary reactions called Respondent Behavior. Conversely, in B.F. Skinner's Operant Conditioning, the organism actively gives a response first and the consequence (reinforcement or punishment) determines its future behavior, which is called Operant Behavior. Thorndike's theory is based on the law of effect. For detailed study, you can check the Wikipedia reference.
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