An elementary school teacher practically ends classroom discipline problems by giving students "chances" in a lottery to be held at the end of the week for some small toy. The chances are given for completing assignments, paying attention, and so forth. The chances are considered

a. tokens.
b. stimulus controls.
c. conditioned stimuli.
d. unconditioned stimuli.


A

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