Respondent and Operant Behaviors

In the science of behavior analysis, there are two types of conditioning. Respondent behaviors can be thought of as reflexes that are elicited by stimuli. While operant behaviors can be thought of as behaviors that are maintained by environmental consequences and evoked by environmental stimuli.

• In correct ABC (three-term contingency) format, provide three operant examples and explain why they are operant conditioning.
• In correct format (NS + US = UR), provide three examples of respondent conditioning and explain why they are respondent.

resource is from course materials

• Miltenberger, R. G. (2016). Behavior modification: Principles and procedures (6th ed.). Cengage Learning.
  • Chapter 8, “Respondent Conditioning,” pages 145–161.
• Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., & Heward, W. L. (2020). Applied behavior analysis (3rd ed.). Pearson.
  • Pages 25–36 in Chapter 2, “Basic Concepts and Principles.”