Two Stimuli Are Inhibitors and Predict No US

question 30

Multiple Choice

Two stimuli are inhibitors and predict no US. If they are combined with a third CS without the US, the third CS will

• A) become weakly excitatory, confirming the Rescorla-Wagner model.
• B) become weakly excitatory, in contradiction to the Rescorla-Wagner model.
• C) remain neutral, in contradiction to the Rescorla-Wagner model.
• D) be blocked in acquiring inhibition, consistent with what the Rescorla-Wagner model predicts.

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Definitions:

Self-Reference Effect

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Worse

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Better

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High

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