What Have We Learned About Backward Blocking Through the Extension

question 40

Multiple Choice

What have we learned about backward blocking through the extension of theories derived from animal learning?

• A) Backward blocking is only demonstrated when subjects extract a rule instead of learning a simple association.
• B) Humans demonstrate backward blocking effects, but some non-human animals show backward blocking only when the stimuli are biologically significant.
• C) Existing animal conditioning models cannot explain backward blocking effects.
• D) Backward blocking can occur when people learn about remembered events.

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