In a Conditioning Procedure, a Man Is Shown a Bright

question 73

Multiple Choice

In a conditioning procedure, a man is shown a bright light while also being shown the word "movie." As a result, he begins to anticipate a bright light whenever he is shown words with a similar meaning. This scenario is an example of

• A) stimulus discrimination.
• B) semantic generalization.
• C) olfactory discrimination.
• D) olfactory generalization.

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Definitions:

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Hindsight Bias

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"I Knew It All Along"

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