In Classical Conditioning, What Happens When a Number of Trials

question 40

Multiple Choice

In classical conditioning, what happens when a number of trials occur where the conditioning stimulus is presented in the absence of the unconditioned stimulus?

• A) reinforcement
• B) bolder learning
• C) extinction
• D) savings

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Definitions:

Hippocampus

A region of the brain crucial for learning and memory, particularly for forming new memories.

Brain Plasticity

The ability of the brain to change and adapt in response to experience, including the reorganization of its structure, functions, or connections.

Somatic Nervous System

Part of the peripheral nervous system that manages voluntary movements and the transmission of sensory signals to and from the central nervous system.

Consciousness

The combination of a person’s subjective experience of the external world and the person’s internal mental activity; this combination results from brain activity.