What Is a Secondary Reinforcer

question 96

Multiple Choice

What is a secondary reinforcer?

• A) an event that increases the probability of classically conditioned responses, but not operant responses
• B) an event that is reinforcing at some times and not at other times
• C) an event that has become reinforcing as a result of previous experience
• D) an event that strengthens a response only after the response has already been learned

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