Refer to the Scenario Below to Answer the Questions That

question 27

Multiple Choice

Refer to the scenario below to answer the questions that follow.
Many communities have civil-defense tornado sirens that are sounded to warn people that a tornado has been spotted nearby and that they need to seek shelter immediately. In order to ensure that the sirens are functioning correctly, they need to be tested occasionally-but without generating a false alarm. A number of communities have announced that 9:00 a. m. on the first Tuesday of each month is their test time and that a siren sounded at this time can safely be ignored.
-According to the Rescorla-Wagner model, 9:00 a.m. on the first Tuesday of the month would be characterized as

• A) an excitatory CS.
• B) an inhibitory CS.
• C) facilitating retrieval of the meaning of siren = tornado.
• D) facilitating retrieval of the meaning of the siren = test.

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Sample Size

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