Operant conditioning was so named because B.F. Skinner believed that
A) Behavior operates on the environment and changes it in some way.
B) people operate independently of experiences in the real world.
C) conditioning is an unconscious operation.
D) the brain operates independently of behavioral consequences.
Answer: A) Behavior operates on the environment and changes it in some way.
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