In Pavlov's Experiment, He Conditioned His Dog to Salivate When

question 5

Multiple Choice

In Pavlov's experiment, he conditioned his dog to salivate when it was shown a circle. Later, the dog salivated when it was shown other closed geometric figures including squares. Through his experiment, Pavlov demonstrated _________.

• A)discrimination
• B)general adaptation
• C)generalization
• D)spontaneous recovery

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Definitions:

Critical Values

Specific points on the scale of a test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis in hypothesis testing.

Autocorrelation

The correlation of a signal with a delayed copy of itself, often used to analyze functions or series of values, like time series data.

Test Statistic

A value, derived from sample data, used in a hypothesis test to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Durbin-Watson Statistic

A test statistic used to detect the presence of autocorrelation in the residuals from a linear regression analysis.