An Infant Randomly Makes Many Vocalizations Throughout the Day

question 9

Multiple Choice

An infant randomly makes many vocalizations throughout the day. Some of her vocalizations elicit no response from her parents, but several elicit laughter and hugging from her parents. Eventually, she learns to make those vocalizations in order to elicit laughter and hugs through which type of learning?

• A)classical conditioning
• B)perceptual learning
• C)observational learning
• D)instrumental conditioning

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