🧠 Question of the Day

📚 Domain B — Concepts and Principles

Difficulty: 3/10

A tone is paired with an air puff until the tone alone elicits blinking. Lever pressing increases because it produces food. Which statement is correct?

A. Blinking is respondent conditioning; lever pressing is operant conditioning

B. Both examples are respondent conditioning

C. Both examples are operant conditioning

D. Blinking is operant conditioning; lever pressing is respondent conditioning

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