Personal Narrative: My Operant Conditioning

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My operant conditioning experiment I conducted on my little brother had modified his behaviour, however, not to what I expected. Firstly, I gained increased obedience, but not to the degree I was aiming for, which was how a dog would listen to a command with no resistance asked. I believe that a lack of time conducted on this experiment was the reason why I did not receive the level of obedience I aimed for. Secondly, he didn’t exactly close the laptop as to when I came back from the home, largely due to the fact that there was a flaw with the experiment that required me to yell. My parents or anyone in the house besides my little brother would shout at me for yelling, and would proceed to tell me to not yell in the house. Finally, I highly

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