The Probabilistic Contrast Model, Which Can Explain Backward Blocking, Ignores

question 91

Multiple Choice

The probabilistic contrast model, which can explain backward blocking, ignores something that is critical in other models of learning. What is missing?

• A) The ability to explain simple forward blocking.
• B) The ability to explain conditioned inhibition.
• C) The ability to account for trial order effects.
• D) The ability to explain latent inhibition.

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Definitions:

Transcription

The process by which the genetic information in a strand of DNA is copied into a new molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA).

mRNA

Messenger RNA, a type of RNA that is transcribed from DNA and carries instructions for synthesizing proteins to the ribosomes.

Ribosome

Ribosomes are molecular machines within cells that synthesize proteins by translating messenger RNA into polypeptide chains, essential for all cellular functions.

Polypeptide Chain

A long, continuous, and unbranched chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds that forms part of the structure of proteins.