Empiricists Argue That All of Our Knowledge Comes from Sense

question 16

True/False

Empiricists argue that all of our knowledge comes from sense experience.

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Definitions:

Higher-Order Conditioning

A conditioning process in which a stimulus that previously was neutral is paired with a conditioned stimulus to produce the same conditioned response, even in the absence of the original unconditioned stimulus.

Spontaneous Recovery

The return of a conditioned response that had previously been eliminated, following a period where the conditioned stimulus was not presented.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a learned response, often occurring when the reinforcement previously associated with the behavior is removed.

Stimulus Generalization

A process in which a response to a specific stimulus becomes associated to other stimuli that are similar, leading to a similar response.