An Experimenter Wants to Test the Level of Pavlovian Conditioning

question 42

Multiple Choice

An experimenter wants to test the level of Pavlovian conditioning that can be obtained via pairing a tone (the CS) with an electric shock (the US) . Before beginning the actual CS-US pairings, the experimenter presents the tone by itself for several trials. The resulting consequence of this CS-only presentation on later CS-US associative learning is referred to as:

• A) latent inhibition
• B) priming
• C) forward conditioning
• D) overshadowing

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