A student can expect the teacher to answer his questions more completely if he comes to her office during her office hours than asking her the questions in the cafeteria.Learning to expect that a particular response will have a certain effect at one time and not another illustrates
A) the interactionist view of operant conditioning.
B) operant desensitization.
C) Thorndike's law of association.
D) the informational view of operant conditioning.

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The informational view of operant conditioning suggests that the context or environment can influence the effectiveness of a response. In this case, the student learns that asking questions during office hours (a specific context) is more effective than asking in the cafeteria.

A Student Can Expect the Teacher to Answer His Questions