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erika

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Which one of the following situations illustrates extinction of a classically conditioned response?
 
  a. Alfonso thinks school is a waste of time because he doesn't learn anything he can use in his own life.
  b. Brian experiences more and more anxiety about mathematics as his math problems become increasingly challenging.
  c. Over time Carla becomes less nervous about tests because she finds that she can succeed at them.
  d. Deirdre doesn't like keeping her desk clean because she has too much stuff to arrange it all neatly inside.

Question 2

Which one of the following statements best describes the phenomenon of generalization in behaviorist learning theories?
 
  a. Learning a complex skill is much easier once students have learned other, simpler skills.
  b. Students sometimes make an inappropriate response in a particular situation even when they have responded correctly in that situation on numerous other occasions.
  c. Students think that because their classmates are allowed to behave in a particular way, such behavior is acceptable for themselves as well.
  d. When students learn to respond to a certain stimulus in a particular way, they are likely to respond to similar stimuli in the same way.



abro1885

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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d



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