Operational Conditioning Behavioral Alterations

The vast majority of our daily performance is out of habits. Psychologists have proposed several theories to explain the process by which humans and animals form this habit. These theories include classical conditioning, operational conditioning, and observation learning. As a human being, it is almost inevitable to fall into a bad habit, consciously or unconsciously. Fortunately, science has proved that we can change or correct undesirable behavior through conditions (Whitbourne, 2012).

The aim of the operation condition is to explain the behavior through lessons learned in the past. In this way, we use the results to change the recurrence rate and behavior in different forms. Operating conditions reflect the direction change of voluntary action (Skinner, 1974). In addition, operational behavior affects the environment and is maintained by the outcome of the action. It refers to associative learning because it enhances the accidentality between reaction and strengthening. He has proved this in the Skinner Box experiment and concluded that the actions of random animals can be regulated by strengthening agents. In a still famous mouse experiment, Skinner was able to change the random movement of rats by providing reinforcement whenever rats showed specific behavior. Enhancer usage frequency increases and decreases according to the level of enhancement given by Skinner.

As a primary focus of Skinner's research, operational adjustments are coordinating actions based on the influence of behavior. At the core of operational conditioning is that "enhanced action tends to be repeated (ie reinforced), unenforcement behavior tends to disappear or disappear (ie weaken)". That is the correct Skinner box. In the example on the left, the rat is put in a box with a lever. Sometimes, the lever gives mouse food, but it is mistakenly learned by pressing the lever. Once in the box, the mouse eventually enters the lever directly and gets food. This is an aggressive strengthening. At other times, when the mouse is placed in the box, the current is used to disturb the mouse. Again the current was turned off as the mouse accidentally touched the lever while moving.