A Psychology Professor Has Just Purchased a Collection of Papers

question 214

Multiple Choice

A psychology professor has just purchased a collection of papers by Ivan Pavlov.In the papers, Pavlov discusses his research on learning.The papers are probably about:

• A)observational learning
• B)operant conditioning
• C)trial-and-error learning
• D)classical conditioning

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Definitions:

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