If organism performs behavior and receives reward, response frequency increases {operant conditioning, learning}| {response conditioning}. Higher animals can perform new behaviors, and rewarded operants reappear more frequently. Response conditioning does not associate stimulus and response. Operant conditioning does not need goals, only rewards. Operant conditioning is stronger if rewards are unpredictable [Watson, 1913] [Watson, 1924].
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