If Your Dog Was Classically Conditioned to Wag His Tail

question 25

Multiple Choice

If your dog was classically conditioned to wag his tail when you pick up a leash to go for a walk, what would extinguish this behavior?

• A) taking him for a walk without his leash
• B) repeatedly picking up the leash without taking him for a walk
• C) using operant conditioning to teach him to recognize the word "walk"
• D) Once learned, this behavior cannot be extinguished.

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Stage

A concept in Freudian psychology referring to the series of developmental stages children go through, where each stage is characterized by the erogenous zone that is the source of a child's psychosexual energy.

Latency Stage

A phase in Freudian psychosexual development occurring from age six to puberty, characterized by a decrease in sexual interest and activity.

Anal Stage

A phase in Freudian psychosexual development where a child's focus is on controlling bladder and bowel movements.

Oedipus Complex

In psychoanalysis, a conflict occurring in the phallic (Oedipal) stage, in which a child desires the parent of the other sex and views the same-sex parent as a rival.