Don Wants to Classically Condition His Roommate,Lloyd,to Cringe Whenever Don

question 136

Multiple Choice

 Don wants to classically condition his roommate,Lloyd,to cringe whenever Don opens the squeaky drawer on his desk.To do this,Don decides to wait until his Lloyd is studying.Don will then open the drawer and then toss a ping-pong ball towards his roommates head.Don knows it is important to coordinate the squeaking from the drawer and tossing the ball so they are close together in time.Don is concerned about ____. 

• A)consequences
• B)contiguity
• C)contingency
• D)confluence

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Definitions:

Secondary Reinforcers

Stimuli which become rewarding through their association with primary reinforcers.

Shaping

A method of behavior training in which reinforcement is given for progressively closer approximations of the desired behavior.

Classically Conditioned

A learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process of diminishing a conditioned response by repeatedly presenting the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus.