In operant conditioning, a number of factors, as well as the style of conditioning employed, affect both short- and long-term outcome. Which of the following is NOT one of the factors considered to affect conditioning?
A)Deprivation
B)Immediacy
C)Size
D)Age

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Age is not one of the four factors traditionally considered to affect operant conditioning. Those are: deprivation/satiation, immediacy (of consequence), size (a cost-benefit analysis of consequence), and contingency (reliability of consequence).

In Operant Conditioning, a Number of Factors, as Well as the Style