If you walk under a ladder and then break a leg,you may avoid ladders in the future.Each time you avoid a ladder and nothing happens,this avoidance action is reinforced.This illustrates
A) the method of successive approximations.
B) superstitious behavior.
C) shaping.
D) response chaining.

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This scenario is an example of superstitious behavior. The individual believes that walking under a ladder caused them to break their leg, even though there is no direct causal relationship between the two events. Therefore, they may avoid ladders in the future as a superstitious belief that it will prevent another injury. The reinforcement in this case is the absence of injury when avoiding ladders, which further reinforces the superstitious belief.

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