differences between Operant and Classical conditioning?

Charlotte Bryar: Operant conditioning is a process of behavior modification in which the chances of a specific behavior happening is changed through positive or negative reinforcement each time the behavior is exhibited, so that the subject comes to associate the pleasure or displeasure of the reinforcement with the behavior.Classical conditioning is a process of behavior modification in which a subject eventually responds in a certain manner to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly presented along with an unconditioned stimulus that elicits the desired response.So, operant conditioning focuses on using reinforcement (positive or negative) in order to get the desired response by association of the reinforcement and behavior. So, a dog would press a lever and be praised for doing so, causing it to eventually link pressing a lever and praise. For classical conditioning, it's more like linking to stimuli together. For the dog example, a bell would ring be! fore a dog was fed, and eventually the dog would link the bell and being fed. Eventually it would start salivating when it hears the bell....Show more