Question

In operant conditioning -------------is not essential

• A. stimulus
• B. memory
• C. both stimulus and response
• D. all of the above

Answer 1

Answer:

A. stimulus

• Skinner gives great importance to operant behavior which is more concerned with response(R) that with the stimuli(S). 

• He called it as R type conditioning.

• He changed the usual S-R formula into an R-S formula (according to the R-S formula, when a desired response is emitted, a reinforcing stimulus is presented.