The Learning Theory That Is Best Able to Explain Why

question 101

Multiple Choice

The learning theory that is best able to explain why physical punishment tends to increase aggressive behaviour in children is

• A) Skinner's theory of operant conditioning.
• B) Pavlov's theory of classical conditioning.
• C) Bandura's theory of observational learning.
• D) Rescorla's theory of signal relations.

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