A Decrease in Responding to a Stimulus Is Referred to As

question 8

Multiple Choice

A decrease in responding to a stimulus is referred to as:

• A) sensitization
• B) priming
• C) habituation
• D) none of the above

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

The learning of voluntary behavior through the effects of pleasant and unpleasant consequences to responses.

Unpleasant Stimulus

Any object, event, or situation that is undesirable or discomforting to an individual, often leading to avoidance behavior.

Modeling

The process of learning behavior by observing and imitating others, as proposed in Bandura's social learning theory.

Extinction

The disappearance or weakening of a learned response following the removal or absence of the unconditioned stimulus (in classical conditioning) or the removal of a reinforcer (in operant conditioning).