Asked by Braeden Steele on Jun 26, 2024
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Denise cries every time she hears a song on the radio that she and her ex-boyfriend used to enjoy. Hearing the song brings back memories of the good times they had before he broke off the relationship. How come Denise cries when she hears the song?
A) She was positively reinforced with the song and now she is not receiving the reinforcers anymore.
B) The song is a conditioned stimulus that she still associates with the good times that she now misses.
C) She has been operantly conditioned to cry to the song in the same way that "Little Albert" learned his fears.
D) The break-up of the relationship was a conditioned stimulus that elicited a conditioned response of crying.
Conditioned Stimulus
A previously neutral stimulus that, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, evokes a conditioned response.
Operantly Conditioned
A type of learning in which the strength of a behavior is modified by the behavior's consequences, such as reward or punishment.
Positive Reinforcement
A process in psychology that involves the addition of a stimulus after a behavior that makes the behavior more likely to occur again.
- Recognize the principles of generalization and discrimination within the context of conditioning.
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Learning Objectives
- Recognize the principles of generalization and discrimination within the context of conditioning.
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