What was the main concept of the 1957 book "Schedules of Reinforcement"?
Operant conditioning
Classical conditioning
Human behaviorism
Psychological analysis
Answer
Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which an animal or human learns to associate a particular behavior with a consequence. This type of learning is often studied in psychology and is used to explain how people and animals learn new behaviors. The main concept of the 1957 book "Schedules of Reinforcement" is that different schedules of reinforcement can lead to different patterns of behavior.
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