Maria picks up her newborn son every time he cries. She then either comforts him or feeds him. Maria believes that her babies crying is instinctive in that nature designed crying so that babies would get attention (food). Behaviorists would say that:
A. Maria is correct, the picking up is rewarded by the cessation of crying.
B. Maria is correct, the baby is adapting to Maria's desire to pick him up.
C. Maria is incorrect, her baby has learned that whenever he cries she picks him up.
D. Maria is incorrect, the baby is stimulated and the response is the crying
C. Maria is incorrect, her baby has learned that whenever he cries she picks him up.
D. Maria is incorrect, the baby is stimulated and the response is the crying
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