Q: What is the name for a way of learning that involves reward or punishment?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Conditioning is a way of learning that involves a reward or punishment. Did you ever train a dog to fetch a ball or stick by rewarding it with treats? If you did, you were using conditioning. Another example of conditioning is shown in the video below; the rats have been taught to “play basketball” by being rewarded with food pellets. What do you think would happen if the rats were no longer rewarded for this behavior?.

 Choices:

- subjective

- instinct

- objective

- conditioning


A:
conditioning