Operant Conditioning: How Children Should Return To Their Home

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Hello Deanna,

First, you provided an interesting example of Operant conditioning. The observation of the street lights coming-on does indicate how children should return to their homes. Second for me, It seem as though discussing examples for operant conditioning was more simpler, than providing examples for classical conditioning. It seems as Classical conditioning and Operant conditioning are part of the human behavior cycle when we are in different situations. Great post!

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