The Rats Involved in Skinner's Research Boxes Learned to Press

question 80

Multiple Choice

The rats involved in Skinner's research boxes learned to press levers for food through the process of ____.

• A)shaping
• B)latent learning
• C)cognitive mapping
• D)chaining

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