People are more likely to engage in a behavior if it is followed by a reward. According to Rotter, this is because the reward
A. creates an association through operant conditioning.
B. is delivered immediately after the behavior is enacted.
C. changes the environment in which the behavior takes place.
D. changes the expectancy that the behavior will lead to rewards in the future.
D
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a. precognitive stage. b. sensorimotor stage. c. pre-intuitive stage. d. preconceptional stage.
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a. lack of measurement equivalence b. attrition of participants c. practice effects d. lack of continuity