Operant Conditioning (Skinner)
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Under the theories of learning, making a comparative and psychological analysis of Edward Thorndike's 'Trial and Error Theory', Ivan Pavlov's 'Classical Conditioning', and B.F. Skinner's 'Operant Conditioning', which of the following statements most accurately explains the fundamental conceptual and operational difference between these three theories?
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In Ivan Pavlov's classical conditioning, the stimulus appears before the response, and this response is involuntary or respondent. In contrast, in B.F. Skinner's operant conditioning, the organism makes a response voluntarily, and reinforcement is provided after that response. Thorndike's trial and error theory is based on the Law of Effect.
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