Operant conditioning has its roots in Edward Thorndike ... unaffected by the colors of reinforcement and punishment. Examples: If a teacher ignores a student’s question, and this neither ...

In operant conditioning, coined by B.F. Skinner, we learn through reinforcement or punishment. We avoid touching a pot of boiling water, for example, because we will burn our fingertips.

In the third part of this series on how horses learn, we look into operant conditioning, using rewards and consequences for ...