Kim is a daycare worker. She recently decided that the children would no longer be allowed to watch Batman on TV because so many kids were getting into fights on the playground after watching this cartoon. What best explains why watching Batman would influence the children to fight on the playground?
a. ?habituation
b. ?classical conditioning
c. ?operant conditioning
d. ?social learning
ANSWER:
d
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