In Pioneering Research with the Sea Slug Aplysia,Kandel and Colleagues

question 319

Multiple Choice

In pioneering research with the sea slug Aplysia,Kandel and colleagues demonstrated that,after generating a strong gill-withdrawal response by delivering a shock to the tail of Aplysia,even light touches to the tail would provoke gill withdrawal for some period of time.This finding demonstrates the behavioural principle of:

• A)classical conditioning.
• B)habituation.
• C)operant conditioning.
• D)sensitization.

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