Peters mother normally arrives home from work in a terrible mood, causing Peter extreme anxiety. However, when Peter sees that his mother is wearing sweat pants, Peter feels at ease, knowing that she has been home from work for a while. Peters recognition that the sweatpants indicate no reason to feel anxious illustrates ____.
a. extinction
b. latent inhibition
c. higher order conditioning
d. inhibition
Question 2
When a conditioned stimulus can predict the nonoccurrence of an unconditioned stimulus, this is referred to as ____.
a. extinction
b. inhibition
c. latent inhibition
d. discrimination
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