A researcher designs an automated operant chamber to study how different schedules of reinforcement affect the rate of behavioral responses in animals.
Discuss how the features of operant conditioning, as investigated in this type of controlled environment, contribute to the scientific status of psychology, and explain one limitation of using this approach to explain human learning.
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