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bcretired

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Nic is terrified of going to the dentist office because of the discomfort and pain he has experienced before. The last time Nic had a tooth pulled, he locked his eyes onto his dentist's white coat. Now when Nic sees someone in a white coat, he becomes afraid because the white coat predicts the
   experience of pain. This example best demonstrates ____.
 
  a. latent learning
  b. reconditioning
  c. higher-order conditioning
  d. spontaneous recovery

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Charlie Parker has been given several pairings of electric shock while listening to the Debbie Gibson song Reverse Psychology, and thus, has been successfully conditioned to react with anxiety to the song. Now, instead of being paired with the shock, the song is paired with a flashing green light (a previously neutral stimulus). If Charlie still reacts with anxiety when the green light is flashed without the song, he will have ____.
 
  a. been shaped
  b. displayed higher-order conditioning
  c. displayed spontaneous conditioning
  d. successfully discriminated stimuli


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jointhecircus

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
c

Answer to Question 2

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bcretired

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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