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Which classical conditioning term best describes the following scenario: Later in his classical conditioning experiments, Ivan Pavlov’s dogs began to salivate whenever they heard any sound similar to a bell, such as a doorbell or someone accidentally

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Which classical conditioning term best describes the following scenario: Later in his classical conditioning experiments, Ivan Pavlov’s dogs began to salivate whenever they heard any sound similar to a bell, such as a doorbell or someone accidentally clinking a water glass.

(A) discrimination
(B) spontaneous recovery
(C) trace conditioning
(D) generalization
(E) unconditioned response

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(D) generalization

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Explanation
Generalization occurs in classical conditioning when an organism responds to any stimuli similar to the conditioned stimuli, such as salivating to any sound similar to a bell.


 
Posted : 02/07/2024 8:15 pm
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