Mental models/Operant Conditioning
Motivation & Engagement

Operant Conditioning

B.F. Skinner's framework describing how behaviour is modified by its consequences — reinforcement increases behaviour, punishment decreases it.

In plain language

Behaviour is shaped by its consequences. Rewards increase behaviour. Punishments suppress it. Most engagement loops are operant conditioning systems.

In the wild

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