In a residential treatment facility for troubled youth, adolescent children receive large colored buttons when they hang up their clothes, make their beds, and come to meals on time. the children return the buttons to staff members to receive bedtime snacks or television privileges. this best illustrates an application of:

a. systematic desensitization.
b. cognitive therapy.
c. operant conditioning.
d. virtual reality exposure therapy.

The answer is C. operant conditioning.

Explanation:

Under this type of conditioning, a person associates a behaviour with a positive or negative consequence. In the example, the children associate the completion of their chores with a reward.

B.F. Skinner, the founder of operant conditioning, stated that individuals are more likely to repeat an action when it is reinforced.

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