Respondent conditioning is a stimulus-stimulus pairing procedure when a neutral stimulus is presented and paired with an unconditioned stimulus until the neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus that elicits the conditioned response. For example, Pavlov’s dog and the bell. When the bell rings (the neutral stimulus), food is served (the unconditioned stimulus). Food elicits salivation (unconditioned response). The bell is paired with food over multiple presentations and becomes a conditioned stimulus. Eventually the bell elicits salivation (conditioned response) even without the presence of food.
Respondent behavior is under the control of antecedent stimuli. Think of a stimulus-response (S-R). Also, respondent responses are elicited since they occur almost every time that a stimulus is presented, and some may refer to this as involuntary.
Operant conditioning is different in that it is a type of learning where future probability of behaviors are determined by consequences which follow those behaviors. Think the three-term contingency here (A-B-C or S-R-S). Consequences result in an increase (reinforcement) or decreased (punishment) frequency in the same type of behavior under similar motivational and environmental conditions in the future. An example could include every time George’s father bring George to the store (stimulus/antecedent), George will cry and scream (behavior) until George’s father give George candy (consequence/reinforcement). Operant conditioning involves evoking behavior (not elicit – see respondent conditioning for elicit)
I’ve provided this as support for the question I asked last week. Now after reviewing this information, can you determine the correct answer on the question about Charlie and the green cup?