In Order to Cure Himself of Smoking, a Man Regularly

question 487

Multiple Choice

In order to cure himself of smoking, a man regularly places his package of cigarettes next to a particularly disturbing picture of two lungs that are black from a lifetime of smoking. After a week of this, the man can't pick up his cigarettes without thinking of this intense image, and as a result he smokes less. In this example, since the picture naturally inspires negative feelings for the man, the picture would be considered a(n)

• A)unconditioned stimulus
• B)conditioned stimulus
• C)unconditioned response
• D)conditioned response

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

Refers to the reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Latent Learning

The process of learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement of the behavior or associations that are learned.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally triggers a response without any need for prior learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.