An action that influences the environment and is maintained by its consequences is called

I think the correct answer would be operant conditioning. An action that influences the environment and is maintained by its consequences is called operant conditioning. It is a learning process wherein a behavior or an action of an individual is being modified depending on the consequences corresponding to the action. It can be a reward or a punishment. In this conditioning, the stimuli that is present would come in order to control the behavior when it is being rewarded or being punished. This is also called as instrumental conditioning. Reinforcement is an important concept to this type of learning process.