In Your Backyard You Have a Bird Feeder from Which

question 26

Multiple Choice

In your backyard you have a bird feeder from which a particular squirrel likes to eat.You have tried many ways to prevent it from stealing from it.You notice that the squirrel's random behavior gradually turns into goal-directed behavior.This best illustrates what Thorndike called the:

• A) Law of Effect
• B) principle of continuity
• C) law of consequence
• D) classical conditioning

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