Awareness of the CS-US Contingency Appears to Be _____ for a Response

question 146

Multiple Choice

Awareness of the CS-US contingency appears to be _____ for a response to be acquired when the:

• A)crucial; CS precedes and overlaps the US.
• B)crucial; CS and the US are separated by a brief delay.
• C)unnecessary; US precedes the presentation of the CS.
• D)unnecessary; CS and US are in different sensory domains.

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Definitions:

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by rewarding closer and closer approximations to the desired behavior.

Successive Approximations

The process of reinforcing behaviors that are increasingly closer to the target behavior, commonly used in operant conditioning.

Desired Response

The targeted outcome or behavior that a stimulus or intervention aims to elicit.

Generalization

The tendency to respond in the same way to different but similar stimuli, often used in learning theories.