Because You Fed Your Dog Table Scraps While Sitting at the Kitchen

question 371

Multiple Choice

Because you fed your dog table scraps while sitting at the kitchen table, your dog began to jump up and beg for scraps whenever you were eating dinner at the kitchen table. Lately, your dog has also begun to jump up and beg for scraps whenever you sit at any table or desk in the house. Your dog is exhibiting

• A)latent learning.
• B)response chaining.
• C)operant stimulus generalization.
• D)operant stimulus discrimination.

---

Definitions:

VNS

Vagus Nerve Stimulation, a medical treatment that involves delivering electrical impulses to the vagus nerve to treat conditions like epilepsy and depression.

CBT

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a psychotherapeutic approach that addresses dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and cognitions through a goal-oriented, systemic process.

Hippocampal Volume

A measurement of the size of the hippocampus, a region of the brain associated with memory and learning, often used in research studying neurological and psychiatric conditions.

Cortisol Hypersecretion

Excessive production of cortisol by the adrenal gland, often associated with stress or disorders such as Cushing's syndrome.