A Procedure Used to Teach a Whole Behaviour by First

question 141

Multiple Choice

A procedure used to teach a whole behaviour by first training its parts is called:

• A)higher-order conditioning.
• B)shaping.
• C)modelling.
• D)response generalization.

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Definitions:

Higher-Order Conditioning

A form of learning where a stimulus is paired with a previously conditioned stimulus, causing the new stimulus to elicit the conditioned response without a direct association.

Extinction

In psychology, the process through which a conditioned response diminishes and eventually disappears as a result of the conditioned stimulus being presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Response

The learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus in classical conditioning.

Food

Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink to maintain life and growth.