Sawyer 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. Sawyer's behavior is called __________.
A. persistence
B. increasing efforts
C. varying efforts
D. aggression
Answer: A
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