While Shopping with You, Your Niece Begs for a Toy

question 623

Multiple Choice

While shopping with you, your niece begs for a toy and then has a temper tantrum in the store.If you buy her a toy, you are

• A) using respondent conditioning.
• B) using classical conditioning.
• C) encouraging more tantrums.
• D) discouraging more destructive behaviors.

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