This is an unhealthy behavior that could potentially harm them. The operant behavior that one hopes to exhibit after operant conditioning is that it becomes a habit for them to wear their seat belt. Through the use of the operant condition, I hope to help this friend achieve the desired behavior of wearing a seat belt. Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which the subject learns the desired behavior either through reinforcement or punishment. The unhealthy behavior this friend is exhibiting occurs every time he is inside a vehicle, but after using operant conditioning, the desired behavior I hope to see is him buckling his seat belt. safety when in a vehicle. One form of operant condition that could be used to modify this friend's unhealthy behavior is positive reinforcement. Positive reinforcement is the addition of something that will encourage the person to repeat a particular behavior. In the case of an unfastened seat belt, the variable I would present to this friend, in association with wearing their seat belt, would be