A Squirrel Visits Your Bird Feeder Every Day,and Has Learned

question 56

Multiple Choice

A squirrel visits your bird feeder every day,and has learned that if it jumps onto the feeder,seeds will fall on the ground that it can then eat.The squirrel has gone through which of the following?

• A) classical conditioning
• B) imprinting
• C) habituation
• D) operant conditioning
• E) observational learning

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