Your Text Refers to Studies Involving Nursing Mothers Who Were

question 23

Multiple Choice

Your text refers to studies involving nursing mothers who were inadvertently smothering their infants a little by holding them improperly during feeding.The babies' responses were usually to resist nursing.This study was used to illustrate which of the following concepts at work in infant learning?

• A)Classical conditioning
• B)Operant conditioning
• C)Deferred imitation
• D)Limited reinforcement

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Fiedler’s Contingency Model

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