At a local soccer game, Chelsea learned not to stand too close to a soccer goal post because she saw another spectator move away after getting hit in the stomach by the soccer ball due to a bad shot by the player. The other spectator stopped standing close to the soccer goal because of operant conditioning (getting hit by the ball). This acted as positive punishment for standing too close. Chelsea, through observational learning, was indirectly conditioned to move away.
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