Even though Brenda was never reinforced directly for doing so, she increased the frequency of her swearing after she saw her friend Elizabeth get a lot of attention after she swore. This is most likely an example of

a. observational learning.
b. operant conditioning
c. punishment.
d. self-efficacy.


a

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