According the B. F. Skinner, if you would like to get your child to keep his or her room tidy, which of the following is most likely to work?
A) having a chat with the child about his or her feelings about cleanliness
B) showing the child how to clean and then the child will learn from observing you
C) consistently rewarding the child when the child carries out any cleaning
D) create a learned association between dirtiness and feeling physically ill

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B. F. Skinner is the psychologist most closely identified with the phenomenon operant conditioning, which refers to a type of learning that occurs when an organism is rewarded or punished.