Boris Uses Classical Conditioning to Teach His Goldfish to Swim

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Multiple Choice

Boris uses classical conditioning to teach his goldfish to swim to the surface of its tank to eat whenever Boris turns on the aquarium light.He drops food into the tank and then turns on the light.After several such trials,the fish shows no more inclination to swim to the surface when the light is turned on than it did on the first trial.In the context of classical conditioning,which of the following should Boris do to improve his training technique?

• A)He should turn on the light before he drops the food into the tank.
• B)He should intermittently turn the light on and off during feeding time.
• C)He should drop something other than food into the tank to alert the fish.
• D)He should provide more food than usual during the trials.

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