While shopping with you, your niece begs for a toy and then has a temper tantrum in the store. If you buy her a toy, you are
a. using respondent conditioning.
b. using classical conditioning.
c. encouraging more tantrums.
d. discouraging more destructive behaviors.
ANSWER: c
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