When asked how they taught their children to be so polite, Dee and Sam replied, "We make sure we are polite to everyone when the children are around." Dee and Sam are using:
A)observational learning to teach politeness
B)positive reinforcement to teach politeness
C)classical conditioning to teach politeness
D)second-order conditioning to teach politeness

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Dee and Sam are modeling polite behavior, which is a form of observational learning. Children often learn by observing and imitating the behavior of their caregivers, so Dee and Sam's behavior will likely be replicated by their children. Positive reinforcement, classical conditioning, and second-order conditioning are not being used in this scenario.

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