Two-Year-Old Ciara Learns That Whenever She Hits Her Older Brother,her

question 35

Multiple Choice

Two-year-old Ciara learns that whenever she hits her older brother,her mom will place her in time-out.Ciara therefore understands that a behavior leads to a certain outcome,which is a
Type of associative learning called

• A) classical conditioning.
• B) habituation.
• C) sensitization.
• D) operant conditioning.

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