Author Question: After being bitten by a neighbor's dog, Kathy is now afraid of the puppy her family has just ... (Read 80 times)

rachel9 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

After being bitten by a neighbor's dog, Kathy is now afraid of the puppy her family has just adopted. Kathy's father gives Kathy a hot fudge sundae; then, while she is happily eating it, he brings the puppy about fifteen feet from where she is sitting. On each successive day, Kathy gets another ice cream treat, and her father brings the puppy a little closer than he did on the previous day. Eventually Kathy is able to pet and enjoy the new puppy. Kathy's father is using a procedure known as:

a. generalization
b. stimulus discrimination
c. extinction
d. counterconditioning

Question 2

When Lily is presented with money after many different behaviors (e.g., cleaning her room, getting a good grade or eating her vegetables) she is more likely to perform each of those behaviors. The fact that this single reinforcer (i.e., money) can increase many of Lily's behaviors is explained by:

a. Classical conditioning
b. Instrumental conditioning
c. Transituational generality
d. Secondary reinforcement theory