A Dog Is Trained to Associate His Master's Car with the Arrival

question 40

Multiple Choice

A dog is trained to associate his master's car with the arrival of his master and gets excited when this happens. At the same time, the mail carrier has started to come to the house just seconds before his master comes home. If the dog gets excited when the mail truck arrives it is called _____________.

• A) first-order conditioning
• B) second-order conditioning
• C) spontaneous recovery
• D) transfer of learning

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