It is an unhealthy behavior that could potentially harm them. The operant behavior that will hopefully be shown after operant conditioning is that it becomes a habit to wear a 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 through reinforcement or punishment. The unhealthy behavior that this friend exhibited occurs whenever they are inside a vehicle, but after the use of operant conditioning the desired behavior I hope to see is for them to wear their seat belt when they are 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 the unfastened seat belt, the variable I would present to this friend, in association with wearing the seat belt, would be