Matt Classically Conditions His Dog, Wally, to Salivate When He

question 37

Multiple Choice

Matt classically conditions his dog, Wally, to salivate when he strums the G chord on his guitar by providing food after the chord is played. He notices that Wally does not salivate to a D chord. Wally's lack of a response to the D chord illustrates the phenomenon of ________.

• A) counterconditioning
• B) stimulus discrimination
• C) stimulus generalization
• D) instinctive drift

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