You Locate a Vending Machine and Deposit Your Last Bit

question 380

Multiple Choice

You locate a vending machine and deposit your last bit of change to buy a candy bar.Then you press the button, and nothing happens.You press the other buttons, try the coin return, and look for an attendant.Still nothing happens.Impulsively, you give the machine a little kick, and out pops a candy bar plus 75 cents.Because your kick produced food and money, the odds of repeating the "kicking response" increase.This situation illustrates

• A) classical conditioning.
• B) vicarious conditioning.
• C) the law of association.
• D) the law of effect.

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