You Are Trying to Train a Dog to Salivate at the Sound

question 341

Multiple Choice

You are trying to train a dog to salivate at the sound of a tone. Which of the following procedures would be the WORST to use?

• A)Forward short-delay pairing
• B)Forward trace pairing
• C)Simultaneous pairing
• D)Backward pairing
• E)All are equally effective.

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