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hbsimmons88

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If, on many occasions, a dog is made to hear the sound of a metronome prior to conditioning, then a standard number of conditioning trials might result in little or no conditioning to the metronome. This is most likely an experiment on
 
  A) higher-order conditioning.
  B) blocking.
  C) latent inhibition.
  D) occasion setting.

Question 2

Cedrick was harassed by two men at the ATM; one he had seen at an earlier bar fight and one he did not know. Although the men were equally scary, Cedrick developed a much stronger fear of the man whom he had never seen before. This scenario is an example of
 
  A) latent inhibition.
  B) blocking.
  C) higher-order conditioning.
  D) sensory preconditioning.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A



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