Question

Caroline is playing in the snow in her yard. Her father calls out to her to come inside the house as it is getting late. Caroline ignores her father because she does not want to go inside. After a while, she starts feeling cold and goes inside the house to keep herself warm. In this scenario, in the context of operant conditioning, the feeling of warmth is most likely a __________.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is: a stimuli

Explanation:

In operant conditioning you either have a positive, negative reinforcement or punishment. Also, stimulus in operant conditioning refers to something done intuitively only to obtain something present when behavior is reinforced; in this scenario, Caroline's dad has also played an important role for Caroline wanting to go inside, so this will be the "reinforcement" mentioned, and the stimuli will be Caroline being cold and obtaining warmth if she goes inside, just as her father had told her.