Operant Conditioning Affects Gender-Role Behavior

question 19

Multiple Choice

Operant conditioning affects gender-role behavior

• A) as early as the first few years of life.
• B) starting at about age five.
• C) primarily after children reach puberty.
• D) primarily during the late teens.

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