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Tyler Coady
on Dec 12, 2024
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Pederson's teacher blows a whistle when it is time for his class to come in from recess. Pederson is afraid of being left on the playground alone,so he starts to go inside any time he
Hears a sound like the teacher's whistle,such as the school bell ringing.Pederson's behavior
Is an example of
A) second-order conditioning.
B) stimulus discrimination.
C) spontaneous recovery.
D) stimulus generalization.
Stimulus Generalization
A psychological principle where a response learned for one stimulus is elicited by similar, but not identical, stimuli.
Second-order Conditioning
A process in which a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus by being paired with a previously conditioned stimulus.
- Detail the processes involved in acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, and discrimination as they pertain to classical conditioning.
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Learning Objectives
- Detail the processes involved in acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, and discrimination as they pertain to classical conditioning.