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Edward Thorndike observed cats learning to escape from boxes to obtain a piece of fish and derived from these observations the law of effect. This was an early statement of
 
  A. classical conditioning.
  B. operant conditioning.
  C. shaping.
  D. stimulus generalization.

Question 2

Which procedure might you use if you wanted to decrease the frequency of a response?
 
  A. Negative reinforcement
  B. Extinction
  C. Generalization
  D. Shaping



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

B



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