Roslyn always used to shop at Penney's because for every purchase over $20,she would get a 10 percent discount.But since Penney's stopped offering this promotion,Roslyn has stopped shopping there.Her shopping behavior is best explained by ____.
A) operant conditioning
B) classical conditioning
C) the principle of generalization
D) systematic desensitization

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Roslyn's behavior of shopping at Penney's because of the discount promotion is an example of operant conditioning, where the behavior is influenced by the consequences (in this case, the discount). When the promotion was removed, Roslyn no longer had that incentive to shop at Penney's, so she stopped.

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