For years, Suzanne has always made it a point to read right before going to bed. Now, when Suzanne picks up a book and tries to read it in the middle of the day she finds her eyes starting to droop and she can not stay awake.
Is this an example of operant or respondent conditioning?
If you chose Operant Conditioning then what is the…
Antecedent →
Behavior →
Consequence →
If you chose Respondent Conditioning then what is the…
NS (CS) →
US →
UR (CR) →
This is a type of respondent conditioning where repetitive pairing has resulted into stimulus generalisation . NS is the specific book that Suzanne selects to read, US is any book that she picks, UR is sleeping. Instead of studying she has unwillingly conditioned herself to sleep ( which is a natural response as in classical conditioning)
For years, Suzanne has always made it a point to read right before going to bed....
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