Jane has a gambling habit. She spends almost every day at the casino playing slot machines

Jane has a gambling habit. She spends almost every day at the…

 

Jane has a gambling habit. She spends almost every day at the casino playing slot machines. She also has a group of friends she spends a lot of time with, and they frequently play slot machines at the casino together.

Gambling is an operant conditioning that gets fixed in the brain and psychology makes the person expect similar outcomes on similar events. One more trend follows the operant conditioning where, even in absence of such stimulus, similar outcomes are expected due to surroundings effects on psychology.

She lives near the casino and can see the casino building from her bedroom window. Using the principles of classical and instrumental conditioning, explain the conditioning influences on this behaviour and how it can perpetuate the problem.

In your answer, be sure to discuss the mechanisms for both classical and instrumental conditioning surrounding the behaviour.