When Beaver learns the meaning of 10 new vocabulary words, his father Ward says, "That's a good boy, Beaver." Ward's praise is a(n):

A. UCS
B. conditioned stimulus
C. negative reinforcer
D. positive reinforcer


Answer: D

Psychology

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