The Phenomenon of Spontaneous Recovery Suggests That

question 71

Multiple Choice

The phenomenon of spontaneous recovery suggests that

• A) classical conditioning can only be used to condition biologically meaningful responses.
• B) once a conditioned response has been extinguished, a person will also stop responding to other stimuli that are similar.
• C) extinction does not erase a learned association, it only suppresses or interferes with a conditioned response.
• D) when a conditioned response is extinguished, higher-order responses replace the original response.

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Definitions:

Grazing Food Chain

A flow of energy to a straight-line linking of organisms according to who eats whom.

Photosynthetic Organisms

Organisms that convert light energy into chemical energy through the process of photosynthesis, including plants, algae, and certain bacteria.

Primary Consumers

Organisms, typically herbivores, that feed directly on producers (plants) in the food chain.

Complex Food Web

An intricate network of interrelated food chains in an ecosystem, illustrating how different species are connected through feeding relationships.