The basic idea underlying instrumental conditioning is that: ...

[cookcarl]

The basic idea underlying instrumental conditioning is that:
 
  a. responses are learned primarily through repetition.
  b. responses are affected by the consequences that follow them.
  c. learners are more motivated to acquire some behaviors than others.
  d. stimulus-response associations, once learned, are permanent.

Question 2

When are classically conditioned responses most likely to decrease (i.e., undergo extinction)?
 
  a. When the unconditioned stimulus is continually experienced in the absence of the conditioned stimulus
  b. When the conditioned stimulus is continually experienced in the absence of the unconditioned stimulus
  c. When the conditioned response is continually exhibited in the absence of the unconditioned response
  d. When, and only when, the conditioned response is not generalized to a new situation

[onowka]

Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

b

[cookcarl]

Thank you

[onowka]

No problem