02-15-2011, 01:58 PM
A child's crying can be the manifestation of an innate biological response or of conditioned
behavior. Operant conditioning is most likely to account for which of the following
instances of crying in an I8-month-old child? Crying that
(A) occurs spontaneously without any apparent cause
(B) increases in intensity when the adult does not respond
© occurs when the child is hungry
(D) occurs in response to an unexpected, sudden, painful stimulus
(E) occurs when the mother leaves the child in the care of a new baby-sitter
behavior. Operant conditioning is most likely to account for which of the following
instances of crying in an I8-month-old child? Crying that
(A) occurs spontaneously without any apparent cause
(B) increases in intensity when the adult does not respond
© occurs when the child is hungry
(D) occurs in response to an unexpected, sudden, painful stimulus
(E) occurs when the mother leaves the child in the care of a new baby-sitter