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According to B.F. Skinner's operant conditioning, why do animals repeat certain behaviors?
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According to B.F. Skinner's operant conditioning, why do animals repeat certain behaviors?
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Animals repeat behaviors that are reinforced, whether through the addition of a reward or the removal of something aversive, increasing the likelihood of those behaviors being repeated in the future.
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