You are babysitting your three-year-old niece and notice that she is acting very much like a character from a television show. Being an astute psychology student, you reason that you are most likely witnessing:

A. operant conditioning
B. instrumental conditioning
C. classical conditioning
D. cognitive learning


Answer: D

Psychology

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