Betty Contends That She Can Taste the Difference Between Fat-Free

question 165

Multiple Choice

Betty contends that she can taste the difference between fat-free cheese and cheese with its regular fat content. Tom says that he cannot tell a difference between the two products. Their inability to agree on the taste of the fat-free cheese when compared to other cheese is how consumers exhibit:

• A)stimulus discrimination.
• B)stimulus generalization.
• C)selective retention.
• D)selective comprehension.

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any learning needed.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Innate Response

Natural or instinctive reactions that organisms are born with, not learned through experience.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, natural reaction to a stimulus that occurs without any prior learning or conditioning.