Each time a buzzer sounds, a puff of air makes a rabbit blink. Soon the rabbit blinks when it hears the buzzer. George believes that this means the buzzer takes the place of the air puff. George is an advocate of ________.
a. stimulus substitution theory
b. exchange theory
c. preparatory response theory
d. stimulus-response theory
Question 2Spontaneous recovery is associated with _______.
a. higher-order conditioning
b. latent inhibition
c. extinction
d. preconditioning
Question 3If, following conditioning, a CS is repeatedly presented without the US, the procedure is called ________.
a. higher-order conditioning
b. latent inhibition
c. extinction
d. preconditioning
Question 4Braun and Geiselhart found that eyelid conditioning generally proceeded slowly with _______.
a. infants
b. children
c. young adults
d. older adults
Question 5The time between conditioning trials is called the _______.
a. inter-stimulus interval
b. intertrial interval
c. contiguity gap
d. trace period
Question 6In so far as the rate of learning is concerned, the most important pairings of the CS and US are those that come _________.
a. at the beginning of training
b. in the middle of training
c. toward the end of training
d. at the very end of training
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