Which theorist proposed that adaptive and maladaptive behaviors are learned and repeated because of rewarding reinforcement?
A) Harry Stack Sullivan
B) Erik Erikson
C) B. F. Skinner
D) Sigmund Freud
C
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B. F. Skinner proposed that adaptive and maladaptive behaviors are learned and repeated because of rewarding reinforcement. The other theorists did not propose this premise.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word