According to the Conditioned Emotional Response Theory of Punishment, Punishment

question 19

Multiple Choice

According to the conditioned emotional response theory of punishment, punishment results in response suppression because

• A)subjects learn to engage in behaviors incompatible with the target response.
• B)subjects make avoidance responses that compete with the target response.
• C)punishment weakens the association between the eliciting stimulus and the target response.
• D)pre-response cues elicit fear reactions that are incompatible with the target response.

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