A bear at a national park has discovered that if it can open the lid of the trash cans, it is likely to find tasty food inside.Soon it is trying to open the trash cans all over the park.What mechanism of learning has occurred?

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The bear has learned through operant conditioning, where it associates opening the trash cans (behavior) with finding food (reward), thus increasing the likelihood of the behavior being repeated.

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