Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik,Haig Kouyoumdjian

Exercise 27

Skinner used the term operant (a) _____ to describe something that can be modified by its consequences. Operant responses provide one way to separate ongoing behaviors into units that can be observed and measured. Skinner believed that Pavlov's conditioning, which involves physiological (b) _____, was not very useful in understanding other forms of ongoing behaviors.