Lindsey's mother has told Lindsey that she must do her homework every day before she can get together with her friends. Lindsey finds that by doing her homework quickly (although not necessarily carefully or accurately), she can spend more time at the mall with Mayesha and Heather. is this operant conditioning or classical conditioning


In each of the above situations, a response is being learned through either, classical or operant conditioning. Decide which form of conditioning is occurring in each case. If classical conditioning is taking place, identify the UCS, UCR, CS, and CR. If operant conditioning is taking place, identify the response and the reinforcer.

Think about the actor in each situation --- are they making a voluntary response? If so -- Operant Conditioning

If not, Classical Conditioning. Label the appropriate components.

Your responses should look like this:

CC --- US _______ UR__________ CS____________ CR______________

or

OC --- Resp ________ Reinforcer ____________