Dan and Joel,both 4-year-olds,have seen all the Spiderman movies.Joel's mother recently found the boys standing on the garage roof,ready to try jumping across to the next roof.What best accounts for the boys' behavior?
A) instinctive drift
B) observational learning
C) immediate reinforcement
D) classical conditioning

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The boys' behavior is likely a result of observational learning, as they have seen Spiderman jumping between buildings in the movies and are attempting to imitate this behavior. There is no evidence of immediate reinforcement or classical conditioning in this scenario, and instinctive drift is not applicable as there is no innate behavior being replaced by a learned behavior.

Dan and Joel,both 4-Year-Olds,have Seen All the Spiderman Movies