Kathy Is Classically Conditioned to Fear the Toilet Flushing While

question 55

Multiple Choice

Kathy is classically conditioned to fear the toilet flushing while she is in the shower because the flush causes a surge of hot water.Kathy showers at her parent's house,someone flushes
The toilet,and she does not get burned.Still,when showering back at home,the toilet flushes
And Kathy immediately feels a surge of fear.This example best illustrates the fact that
Extinction

• A) reduces the strength of an association,but does not eliminate it.
• B) is an adaptive response to delete information from memory.
• C) helps readapt old learning strategies to novel problems.
• D) forms the basis for non-associative learning when applied to novel situations.

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Definitions:

Heart

A muscular organ in most animals, which pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.

Arrector Pili

Small muscles connected to hair follicles that, when contracted, cause hair to stand up, producing 'goosebumps'.

Goose Bumps

The raising of small bumps on the skin due to the contraction of miniature muscles at the base of hair follicles, usually in response to cold or fear.

Hair Follicles

The skin organ that produces hair, consisting of a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair and located in the dermis of the skin.