Multiple Choice
In the Little Albert experiment, what were the unconditioned response and the conditioned stimulus?
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6. Learning
Applications of Classical Conditioning
Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of teaching stimulus generalization in classical conditioning?
A
A student learns to associate a specific classroom with taking tests.
B
A dog salivates only when it hears a specific bell tone that was paired with food.
C
A child who learns to fear a white rabbit also shows fear when presented with a white dog.
D
A person stops responding to a repeated stimulus after it no longer predicts an outcome.
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Understand the concept of stimulus generalization in classical conditioning: it occurs when a conditioned response is elicited by stimuli that are similar, but not identical, to the original conditioned stimulus.
Review each option to identify which one demonstrates a response to stimuli that are similar but not exactly the same as the conditioned stimulus.
Option 1 describes learning to associate a specific classroom with tests, which is a direct association, not generalization to similar stimuli.
Option 2 describes a dog salivating only to a specific bell tone, which shows stimulus discrimination rather than generalization.
Option 3 describes a child fearing a white rabbit and also showing fear to a white dog, which illustrates stimulus generalization because the fear response extends to similar stimuli (white animals).
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