When one dog starts sniffing the ground for a potential scrap of food,other dogs' attention may be drawn to that part of the ground,and they may copy this sniffing behavior.This is an example of:
A)observational conditioning.
B)stimulus enhancement.
C)social conformity.
D)contagion.

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This is an example of stimulus enhancement, which is when one individual's behavior draws attention to a particular stimulus and encourages others to investigate it. In this case, the first dog's sniffing behavior draws the attention of other dogs to the area where potential food may be found, leading them to also engage in sniffing behavior. It is not observational conditioning because there is no reward or punishment involved, nor is it social conformity because the dogs are not necessarily conforming to a norm or social expectation. Contagion refers to the spread of behaviors through a population without necessarily being driven by a specific cause or reason, which is not quite the case here.

When One Dog Starts Sniffing the Ground for a Potential