Question

After taking his dogs for a walk, Eric would bring the dogs in the kitchen, make them sit, and then give them a treat. Pretty soon, after every walk, the dogs would automatically go into the kitchen, sit, and wait for a treat. This is an example of _____.

habituation
classical conditioning
operant conditioning
latent learning

Answer 1

Operant conditioning is the answer. The dogs learned that after they go on a walk they have to go sit in the kitchen to get a treat

Answer 2

classical conditioning.

Classical conditioning happens when an individual learns to associate two stimuli. This happens when an association is learned between an unconditioned stimulus and a conditioned stimulus.

Operant conditioning happens when an individual associates a behaviour with a consequence. For example, when a behaviour produces a good consequence; the individual is conditioned to repeat the behaviour to garner the same good consequence, and vice versa.