Mia saw a movie with her friend,and observed her friend crying during the sad parts.When Mia went to another movie with her parents the following weekend,she began to cry during the sad parts.This is an example of:

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Observational conditioning occurs when an individual learns to associate a response, such as crying, with a particular stimulus, such as sad scenes in a movie, by observing someone else's behavior and the consequences of that behavior. Mia observed her friend crying during sad parts of a movie and learned to associate sadness with crying, which contributed to her own crying during sad parts of the movie she watched with her parents.

Mia Saw a Movie with Her Friend,and Observed Her Friend