The type of learning in which the consequences of behavior are manipulated to increase or decrease the frequency of the behavior, or to shape an entirely new behavior, is _____
a) operant conditioning.
b) classical conditioning.
c) insight learning.
d) social-cognitive learning.
Answer: a
Psychology
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