If You Ring the Bell Many Times and Do Not

question 51

Multiple Choice

If you ring the bell many times and do not follow it with lemon juice, Johnny's expectancy that the bell will precede the lemon juice will weaken.As it does, he will lose his tendency to salivate when he hears the bell because which of the following has occurred?

• A) stimulus generalization
• B) extinction
• C) spontaneous recovery
• D) stimulus discrimination

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