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"A child's reinforced for a behavior in one setting and punished in another: yelling on the playground is acceptable; yelling at a funeral is not. What by is the reflexive behavior produced?

A. Environmental stimuli
B. Conditioned stimuli
C. Curiosity stimuli
D. Responses controlled by stimuli present at the time of reinforcement or punishment

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Final answer:

The reflexive behavior in question is controlled by environmental stimuli, as different settings cue different responses based on the consequences associated with those behaviors.

Step-by-step explanation:

The reflexive behavior produced when a child is reinforced for a behavior in one setting and punished in another, like yelling on the playground being acceptable but yelling at a funeral is not, is controlled by environmental stimuli. This is because the stimuli present in the different settings (playground vs. funeral) cue different responses in the child and are associated with different consequences (reinforcement or punishment). Operant conditioning is a learning process where behaviors are influenced by the consequences that follow, as theorized by B.F. Skinner. This is part of associative learning, where certain behaviors become linked with specific outcomes.

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