Sheldon is a psychology student and decides to conduct an experiment where he provides reinforcement to his pet rat every minute,independent of its behaviour.After several days of his experiment,Sheldon notices that his rat is engaging in strange behaviours,such as turning around in circles repetitively.Which of the following is an explanation for what likely happened in Sheldon's experiment?
A)Negative reinforcement
B)Positive reinforcement
C)Shaping of successive approximations
D)Superstitious conditioning

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The rat's strange behaviors are likely due to superstitious conditioning, where it associates the random reinforcement with whatever behavior it was doing at the time, leading to the repetition of that behavior.

Sheldon Is a Psychology Student and Decides to Conduct an Experiment