Training a response by reinforcing successive approximations to it is known as what?
a. Classical conditioning
b. Shaping
c. Disequilibrium
d. The law of effect
b
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A) Selective exposure B) The actor-observer effect C) Fear appeal D) The recency effect E) Select
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a. intracellular thirst b. hypothalamic thirst c. extracellular thirst d. homeostatic thirst
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