Behaviorism Operant conditioning
Operant conditioning, under the research of B.F. Skinner, studies cause and effect. It is also known as instrumental conditioning. Instrumental conditioning is based off of a system of reward and punishment. It teaches the subject to continue a wanted behavior or to stop one. A reinforcement is something given to the subject, the person or animal you are trying to create the wanted behavior in, as a way to make or take away that wanted behavior. A positive reinforcement is used to increase, make, a wanted behavior. The subject is rewarded with food or another primary reinforcement. Negative reinforcement is taking away a negative stimulus to increase a desired, wanted behavior.