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Melissa Morales
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Skinner's term for voluntary,spontaneous behavior is:

A) respondent behavior.
B) operant behavior.
C) fixed behavior.
D) extinguishable behavior.

Operant Behavior

Behavior emitted spontaneously or voluntarily that operates on the environment to change it.

Respondent Behavior

Reactions that are automatic and involuntary, typically elicited by specific stimuli, contrasted with operant behavior, which is influenced by its consequences.

Extinguishable Behavior

A learned response that decreases in frequency or disappears when it is no longer reinforced in a behavioral psychology context.

  • Identify the differences between operant and respondent behavior as outlined by Skinner.
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