👉 Operativity, also known as the "operant conditioning" principle, is a concept in psychology that describes how an organism responds to stimuli through its behavior. Operative conditioning involves learning and adapting behaviors based on experience. In operativity, when an organism repeatedly receives positive rewards or punishment for certain actions, it learns that these responses are likely to be repeated with increasing frequency. This behavior can then become a habit, leading to changes in the organism's behavior over time. For example, if a person