If you walk under a ladder and then break a leg, you may avoid ladders in the future. Each time you avoid a ladder and nothing happens, this avoidance action is reinforced. This illustrates
a. the method of successive approximations.
b. superstitious behavior.
c. shaping.
d. response chaining.
B
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