When she was in the 7th grade, Dawn made 10 written book reports.Now, she can no longer recall the title of eight of those books.Skinner would say this loss is most likely due to

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Skinner's theory of operant conditioning suggests that forgetting is a natural process, and we may lose information over time if it is not used or rehearsed. Repression is a concept in psychoanalytic theory and not relevant in this situation. Respondent and operant extinction both refer to the gradual decrease in a behavior due to the absence of reinforcement, which is not applicable in this scenario. Therefore, the best answer is forgetting (B).

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