Answer:C)an antecedent
Explanation: Antecedent is preceding situation or event in which the human being tends to perform the learned behavior or nature. This type of behavior is used for the elimination of the pushing results/consequences by manipulation of the situation.
Other options are incorrect because extinction is the reduction of the something, secondary reinforcement refers to stimulus reinforce and shaping is structuring something according to the requirement .Thus the correct option is option(c).
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Answer: D. No, because the state owns and operates the metal plant.
Explanation:
The State owns and operates the plants and so is allowed to discriminate against non residents.
This principle was established by the United States Supreme Court in Reeves, Inc. v. Stake, 447 U.S. 429 (1980).
In the judgement, the Court held that South Dakota had a right to give it's residents preferential treatment in buying cement from a state owned plant.