Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which
A) responses come to be controlled by their consequences.
B) an organism's responding is influenced by the observation of others' behavior.
C) involuntary responses are slowly replaced by voluntary responses.
D) a neutral stimulus acquires the ability to elicit a response that was originally elicited by another stimulus.

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Operant conditioning involves learning through consequences, where behaviors are shaped based on their outcomes. In other words, an organism learns to associate a behavior with its consequences, and will either increase or decrease that behavior depending on whether the consequences are reinforcing or punishing.

Operant Conditioning Is a Type of Learning in Which