Operant Conditioning Would Be Rather Limited If Every New Situation

question 46

Multiple Choice

Operant conditioning would be rather limited if every new situation required learning a new response. However, this is not the case because of

• A) generalization.
• B) partial reinforcement.
• C) second-order conditioning.
• D) discrimination.

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