Training an Animal to Respond in a Specific Way to a Stimulus

Question

Training an animal to respond in a specific way to a stimulus is called
A) operant conditioning.
B) insight learning.
C) habituation.
D) trial- and- error learning.
E) imprinting.

Accepted Answer

Operant conditioning involves training an animal to perform a specific behavior in response to a given stimulus by reinforcing or punishing certain actions. This differs from habituation, which involves the animal becoming desensitized to a repeated stimulus, and from trial-and-error learning, which involves the animal learning through repeated attempts to solve a problem. Insight learning involves a sudden realization of how to solve a problem, and imprinting refers to the process by which young animals form an attachment to their caregiver shortly after birth or hatching.