Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which
A) an organism's responding is influenced by the observation of others, who are called models.
B) a stimulus acquires the capacity to evoke a response that was originally evoked by another stimulus.
C) voluntary responses come to be controlled by their consequences.
D) an organism's tendency to give a response reappears after a period of time.

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Operant conditioning involves learning through consequences, specifically reinforcement and punishment, and the voluntary responses of the organism are shaped by these consequences. Choice A describes observational learning, while choice B describes classical conditioning. Choice D refers to the concept of spontaneous recovery in classical conditioning.

Operant Conditioning Is a Type of Learning in Which