Question

an animal learns to associate its behavioral response with a reward or punishment in
a) behavioral learning
b) classical conditioning
c) operent conditioning
d) imprinting

Answer 1

An animal learns or discovers the way to associate or connect a natural stimulus with a predictive stimulus, thus, reacts in the same way to each in classical conditioning.

Hence, option (b) is incorrect.

Imprinting is the process of learning that can happen only at a particular period early in the animal's life.

Hence, option (d) is incorrect.

An animal learns or discovers the way to associate or connect a natural stimulus with a punishment or a reward in operant conditioning.

Hence, the option (c) is correct.