A Dog Has Completely Acquired a Classically Conditioned Salivation Response

question 494

Multiple Choice

A dog has completely acquired a classically conditioned salivation response. When a bell is rung, the dog salivates. Next the dog is put into extinction and returned to his home cage for two weeks. The next time he enters the experimental region, a bell rings and the dog salivates. What has happened?

• A)Discrimination
• B)Higher-order conditioning
• C)Acquisition
• D)Partial reinforcement
• E)Spontaneous recovery

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