In operant conditioning, reinforcement is?!


Question:

In operant conditioning, reinforcement is?

A) Related to internal events that are subsequently observable through overt behavior.

B) Maintained by associations made with other learned stimuli.

C) Defined by the effect that it produces--increasing or strengthening behavior.

D) Based upon behaviors that are elicited by discriminative stimuli.




The wording of the answers are very weird which makes it hard for me to know that answer, here is an excerpt from the book that may help someone answer my question, I couldn't translate this excerpt to one of the answers above because the wording is weird but hoping someone else can.

"Reinforcement - The occurrence of stimulus or event following a response that increases the likelihood of that response being repeated."

Any help is greatly appriciated, thanks!


Answers:

I would say answer C based on the excerpt for "Reinforcement" that you included and the original question it seems to make the most sense.




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