An infant who learns that smiling at his or her parents brings positive attention, and therefore begins to smile more often, is demonstrating what type of learning?

a) classical conditioning
b) modeling
c) operant conditioning
d) habituation

c

Psychology

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passion intimacy commitment None of these components is influenced by the social context.

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The action potential

a. involves an exchange of sodium and chloride across the axon membrane. b. is a brief reversal of the dendritic spines' polarity. c. is electricity that travles along the axon in a stream. d. is analogous to the "wave" that people in a stadium make. e. varies in size and speed during transmission.

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