Betsy Wants to Train Her Dog to Perform Several Tricks

question 47

Multiple Choice

Betsy wants to train her dog to perform several tricks. She checks out a book on dog training that includes a chapter on how to use classical conditioning. Betsy learns that a dog is least likely to learn a conditioned response when the

• A)unconditioned stimulus is strong.
• B)conditioned stimulus precedes the unconditioned stimulus.
• C)time interval between the conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus is under one minute.
• D)conditioned stimulus predicts many different stimuli.

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