At the local aquarium, the trainers shape the dolphin's behavior so that they get rewarded each time they jump up and get closer to a target toy hanging above their tank. Training in this manner most closely resembles:
a. classical conditioning.
b. operant conditioning.
c. neutral conditioning
d. a conditioned stimulus.
B. Training using shaping, rewards and punishments is a part of operant conditioning.
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