The best example of operant conditioning is:
A. playing the lottery.
B. crying when hurt.
C. feeling tired after a long day.
D. puckering up after tasting a dill pickle.
Answer: D. puckering up after tasting a dill pickle.
Operant conditioning is one of the learning types in which future behavior is more likely to be repeated through consequences of the behavior that just happened. This operant conditioning can be represented by a case where you seal your lips after tasting a dill pickle. The sour taste of the pickle is an unconditioned stimulus that elicits the natural response of puckering, which is a unconditioned response. The person who has been exposed to a dill pickle repeatedly, over time, will associate the looks or the scent of the pickle with the sour taste which leads to the conditioned reflex of puckering even before taking the pickle in mouth.
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