Operant conditioning is everywhere in our daily lives

Operant conditioning is everywhere in our daily lives.There aren't many things we do that haven't been influenced at some point by operant conditioning.We even see operant conditioning in some extraordinary situations.One group of scientists showed the power of operant conditioning by teaching pigeons to be art connoisseurs.Using food as a positive reinforcer,scientists have taught pigeons to select paintings by Monet over those by Picasso.When showed works of other artists,scientists observed stimulus generalization as the pigeons chose the Impressionists over the Cubists.Maybe next they'll condition the pigeons to paint their own masterpieces.