Skinnerians Feel That Behaviors Can Be Imitated Without Being Directly

question 21

Multiple Choice

Skinnerians feel that behaviors can be imitated without being directly reinforced, but that this can only happen when

• A) the behavioral response is already within the child's repertory of behaviors.
• B) the model receives reinforcement for the behavior to be imitated.
• C) the child has had no previous experience with unreinforced imitations.
• D) the act of imitation itself has taken on the qualities of a reinforcer.

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