What Happens in Operant Conditioning

question 390

Multiple Choice

What happens in operant conditioning?

• A) Two stimuli are associated with each other because one reliably precedes the other.
• B) Responses are changed because of consequences.
• C) A stimulus elicits less and less of a response with repeated presentations.
• D) A stimulus no longer triggers a response.

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