Mice Who Received a Paired Tone and Shock 20 Times

question 130

Multiple Choice

Mice who received a paired tone and shock 20 times and the same tone with no shock 20 times were not successfully conditioned to fear the tone. Mice who received a shock every time the tone sounded were conditioned to fear the tone. This observation supports the _____ theory of classical conditioning.

• A)Pavlovian
• B)cognitive
• C)emotion-based
• D)original

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