1. B.F. Skinner emphasised that during instrumental conditioning an organism learns a response by operating on its environment.

2. There are a few other forms of experimental instrumental conditioning, such as discrete trials and shaping.

3. Instrumental conditioning is voluntary.

4. It also gave us the belief, probably misguided, that there are two fundamental learning processes: classical and instrumental conditioning.

5. The third and final type of learning is known as operant conditioning or instrumental conditioning.