After playing outside all day in the woods, Luke's mother told him that he was too dirty to sit at the supper table. An operant conditioning researcher would predict that Luke will perform which of the following behaviors?
a. clean up
b. wash his hands
c. wash his face
d. take a bath
Ans: a. clean up. Operant behavior is typically defined as a class of responses. The researcher may not be able to predict exactly how Luke will clean up, but knows he will do something in this class of behaviors in order to eat supper.
Psychology
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