You Repeatedly Pair a Tone with Food Until a Dog

question 135

Multiple Choice

You repeatedly pair a tone with food until a dog salivates to the sound of the tone. You then present the tone several times without the food until the dog no longer salivates when he hears it. Presenting the tone several times without food is an example of

• A) extinction.
• B) dishabituation.
• C) habituation.
• D) sensitization.

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Characteristics

Distinguishing traits, qualities, or properties of an individual or thing.

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Relationship

The manner by which two or more ideas, items, or individuals are linked, or the condition of linkage.