Operant Conditioning Views Behavior as Being Influenced By

question 68

Multiple Choice

Operant conditioning views behavior as being influenced by:

• A) a conditioned stimulus being attached to an unconditioned stimulus.
• B) an unconditioned stimulus being attached to a conditioned stimulus.
• C) judgments on comparisons with a category prototype.
• D) previous actions and the reinforcement from these actions.
• E) cognitive reasoning built up from previous decisions.

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Definitions:

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