Skinner found that if he randomly presented rewards to pigeons in a Skinner box, the pigeons ________

a. refused to eat the food
b. ceased all movement until the food pellets were randomly presented for a second time
c. developed a series of trial and error behaviors in an attempt to get the reward
d. developed a series of superstitious behaviors

Answer: d

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