Researchers designed an experiment in which 8-month-old infants were placed in a highchair with their feet attached to a special foot pedal. When infants moved their feet, the pedal lit up a screen in front of them and music played. A few weeks later these same infants were placed in the same chair and immediately started moving their feet. These infants demonstrated:  a.Observational learning b.Classical conditioning  c.Instrumental conditioning d.Statistical learning

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Researchers designed an experiment in which 8-month-old infants were placed in a highchair with their feet attached to a special foot pedal. When infants moved their feet, the pedal lit up a screen in front of them and music played. A few weeks later these same infants were placed in the same chair and immediately started moving their feet. These infants demonstrated: 

a.Observational learning

b.Classical conditioning 

c.Instrumental conditioning

d.Statistical learning

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