What is the importance of the operant conditioning in humans?

Operant conditioning is a process of behavioral training
proposed by B.F. Skinner in which a combination of actions followed by immediate
reinforcement is used to propel a behavior. Slowly the reinforcement is removed as the
behavior continues to occur until it becomes a habitual
occurrence.

You can see operant conditioning mostly used
with animals during the training processes. As the animal does a behavior, the trainer
gives the animal a treat so that the animal would repeat it over. Over time, the
reinforcement is removed and the behavior occurs.

With
humans operant conditioning is a good interventionto use in the classroom, or in
learning new behaviors of any kind such as quitting smoking, drinking less, dieting, or
exercising more. When you present humans with a motivating factor followed by immediate
feedback the behavior is more likely to be repeated and followed.  It is a good strategy
for learning because when students receive motivation and feedback they are more able to
retain information due to affect in their stimuli.