James, a production manager at a growing company, has mastered the processes and procedures of overall management of the ongoing production operations by walking around and watching other managers as they work. This is an example of ________.
A) negative reinforcement
B) contingent learning
C) equity learning
D) vicarious learning

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Vicarious learning, often called observational learning, occurs when a person (the learner) becomes motivated to perform a behavior by watching another person (the model) perform the behavior and be positively reinforced for doing so.

James, a Production Manager at a Growing Company, Has Mastered