An Animal Is Conditioned to Salivate to a Metronome Using

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An animal is conditioned to salivate to a metronome using Pavlovian procedures. After the conditioning is established, the animal is then put through an extinction procedure and the conditioned salivation disappears. Then the animal is removed from the test situation for several days. When returned to the test situation, the conditioned response is seen again. The effect is known as __________.

• A) spontaneous recovery
• B) higher-order conditioning
• C) extinction
• D) stimulus generalization

Understand the concepts of teleology and tautology in the context of sociological theories.

Recognize the role of prestige and positions in societal structures and stratification.

Identify the criticisms of functionalist explanations of inequality regarding the perpetuation of social hierarchy.

Examine the relationship between social structures and their functions or consequences.

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