Joey put a quarter in the gumball machine only to find that the machine was not working. He continued to turn the dial on the machine in the hope that he would retrieve a gumball. Joey's behavior is called ____________.
A) increasing efforts
B) persistence
C) varying efforts
D) aggression
Ans: B) persistence
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