Gina likes to upset Tim by scratching her fingernails against the chalkboard as she enters their classroom.Now, whenever Gina enters a classroom that Tim is in, he automatically tenses up because he expects her to scratch the chalkboard.This explanation of Tim's behavior is consistent with
A) the informational view.
B) the interactionism theory.
C) the law of effect.
D) shaping.

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The informational view suggests that past experiences provide individuals with expectations about what will happen next, based on previous associations between stimuli and responses. In this case, Tim's past experiences with Gina scratching the chalkboard have led him to expect her to do so in the future, causing him to tense up automatically.

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