For years, Bonita has seen her mother's extremely fearful behavior at the sight of a dog. Now Bonita is showing the same reactions. This suggests Bonita's excessive fear was caused by:
a. operant conditioning
b. learned helplessness
c. modeling
d. observational learning
C
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